#53BBD6#53BBD6

#53BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD6
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -22.05, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 31.54, 225.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0813 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.103 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4703, 42.2313, 69.9928)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD6 #D66E53

analogous

#53D6AF #53BBD6 #537AD6

triadic

#53BBD6 #D653BB #BBD653

tetradic

#53BBD6 #AF53D6 #D66E53 #7AD653

square

#53BBD6 #AF53D6 #D66E53 #7AD653

split-complementary

#53BBD6 #D6537A #D6AF53

monochromatic

#22778D #2DA1BE #53BBD6 #84CFE2 #B6E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#53BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD6

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD6	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe2',
    500: '#53bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd6;
$custom-light: #90cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.366,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7415,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD6

secondary

#DCB3A8

accent

#6443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD6

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

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