#53C5DC#53C5DC

#53C5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5DC
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -25.32, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 32.94, 219.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0894 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.107 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4465, 46.9350, 74.8349)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5DC #DC6A53

analogous

#53DCAF #53C5DC #5381DC

triadic

#53C5DC #DC53C5 #C5DC53

tetradic

#53C5DC #AF53DC #DC6A53 #81DC53

square

#53C5DC #AF53DC #DC6A53 #81DC53

split-complementary

#53C5DC #DC5381 #DCAF53

monochromatic

#1F8296 #29AEC9 #53C5DC #86D6E6 #B9E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#53C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5DC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5DC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e6',
    500: '#53c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5dc;
$custom-light: #91d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76721,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5DC

secondary

#E0B4AB

accent

#5B3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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