#53BBD1#53BBD1

#53BBD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD1
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -23.53, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 30.94, 220.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0833 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.1 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8415, 41.9798, 66.6814)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD1 #D16953

analogous

#53D1A8 #53BBD1 #537CD1

triadic

#53BBD1 #D153BB #BBD153

tetradic

#53BBD1 #A853D1 #D16953 #7CD153

square

#53BBD1 #A853D1 #D16953 #7CD153

split-complementary

#53BBD1 #D1537C #D1A853

monochromatic

#247586 #319FB6 #53BBD1 #83CEDE #B4E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#53BBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD1

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD1	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfdf',
    500: '#53bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd1;
$custom-light: #8fcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD1

secondary

#D9AFA6

accent

#6247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD1

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

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