#53C6DD#53C6DD

#53C6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.107 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6DD
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -25.52, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 33.13, 219.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.09 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.107 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8071, 47.4437, 75.6104)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6DD #DD6A53

analogous

#53DDAF #53C6DD #5381DD

triadic

#53C6DD #DD53C6 #C6DD53

tetradic

#53C6DD #AF53DD #DD6A53 #81DD53

square

#53C6DD #AF53DD #DD6A53 #81DD53

split-complementary

#53C6DD #DD5381 #DDAF53

monochromatic

#1E8398 #28B0CB #53C6DD #86D7E7 #B9E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#53C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6DD

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6DD	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.107 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d7e7',
    500: '#53c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6dd;
$custom-light: #91d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76993,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6DD

secondary

#E1B4AB

accent

#5B3EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6DD

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

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