#53BBD2#53BBD2

#53BBD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.101 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD2
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -23.23, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 31.04, 221.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0829 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.101 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9657, 42.0294, 67.3355)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD2 #D26A53

analogous

#53D2A9 #53BBD2 #537CD2

triadic

#53BBD2 #D253BB #BBD253

tetradic

#53BBD2 #A953D2 #D26A53 #7CD253

square

#53BBD2 #A953D2 #D26A53 #7CD253

split-complementary

#53BBD2 #D2537C #D2A953

monochromatic

#237587 #309FB8 #53BBD2 #84CEDF #B4E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#53BBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD2	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.101 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfdf',
    500: '#53bbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd2;
$custom-light: #90cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73993,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD2

secondary

#DAB0A7

accent

#6246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD2

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

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