#53BBD4#53BBD4

#53BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD4
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -22.64, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 31.27, 223.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0821 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.102 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2165, 42.1297, 68.6559)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD4 #D46C53

analogous

#53D4AC #53BBD4 #537AD4

triadic

#53BBD4 #D453BB #BBD453

tetradic

#53BBD4 #AC53D4 #D46C53 #7AD453

square

#53BBD4 #AC53D4 #D46C53 #7AD453

split-complementary

#53BBD4 #D4537A #D4AC53

monochromatic

#23768A #2FA0BB #53BBD4 #84CEE0 #B5E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#53BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD4

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD4	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe1',
    500: '#53bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd4;
$custom-light: #90cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74071,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD4

secondary

#DBB2A8

accent

#6345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD4

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

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