#53C5DD#53C5DD

#53C5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.107 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5DD
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -25.02, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 33.03, 220.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.089 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.107 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5793, 46.9881, 75.5344)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5DD #DD6B53

analogous

#53DDB0 #53C5DD #5380DD

triadic

#53C5DD #DD53C5 #C5DD53

tetradic

#53C5DD #B053DD #DD6B53 #80DD53

square

#53C5DD #B053DD #DD6B53 #80DD53

split-complementary

#53C5DD #DD5380 #DDB053

monochromatic

#1E8298 #28AECB #53C5DD #86D6E7 #B9E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#53C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5DD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5DD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.107 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e7',
    500: '#53c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5dd;
$custom-light: #91d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7676,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5DD

secondary

#E1B4AB

accent

#5C3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5DD

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

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