#53BBD3#53BBD3

#53BBD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.101 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD3
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -22.94, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 31.15, 222.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0825 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.101 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0907, 42.0794, 67.9936)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD3 #D36B53

analogous

#53D3AB #53BBD3 #537BD3

triadic

#53BBD3 #D353BB #BBD353

tetradic

#53BBD3 #AB53D3 #D36B53 #7BD353

square

#53BBD3 #AB53D3 #D36B53 #7BD353

split-complementary

#53BBD3 #D3537B #D3AB53

monochromatic

#237689 #2FA0B9 #53BBD3 #84CEDF #B4E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BBD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#53BBD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD3

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD3	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.101 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe0',
    500: '#53bbd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd3;
$custom-light: #90cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74032,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD3

secondary

#DBB1A7

accent

#6345E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD3

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

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