#53BBD5#53BBD5

#53BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD5
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -22.34, -22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 31.40, 224.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0817 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.102 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3430, 42.1803, 69.3223)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD5 #D56D53

analogous

#53D5AE #53BBD5 #537AD5

triadic

#53BBD5 #D553BB #BBD553

tetradic

#53BBD5 #AE53D5 #D56D53 #7AD553

square

#53BBD5 #AE53D5 #D56D53 #7AD553

split-complementary

#53BBD5 #D5537A #D5AE53

monochromatic

#22768C #2EA0BD #53BBD5 #84CEE1 #B5E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#53BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD5	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe2',
    500: '#53bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd5;
$custom-light: #90cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD5

secondary

#DCB2A8

accent

#6444E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD5

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

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