#53BBD7#53BBD7

#53BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD7
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -21.75, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 31.69, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0809 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.103 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5984, 42.2825, 70.6675)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD7 #D76F53

analogous

#53D7B1 #53BBD7 #5379D7

triadic

#53BBD7 #D753BB #BBD753

tetradic

#53BBD7 #B153D7 #D76F53 #79D753

square

#53BBD7 #B153D7 #D76F53 #79D753

split-complementary

#53BBD7 #D75379 #D7B153

monochromatic

#21778E #2DA1C0 #53BBD7 #85CFE3 #B6E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#53BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD7

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD7	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe3',
    500: '#53bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd7;
$custom-light: #90cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD7

secondary

#DDB4A9

accent

#6542E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD7

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

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