#53BBD8#53BBD8

#53BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.104 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD8
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -21.45, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 31.85, 227.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0805 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.104 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7273, 42.3341, 71.3463)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD8 #D87053

analogous

#53D8B2 #53BBD8 #5378D8

triadic

#53BBD8 #D853BB #BBD853

tetradic

#53BBD8 #B253D8 #D87053 #78D853

square

#53BBD8 #B253D8 #D87053 #78D853

split-complementary

#53BBD8 #D85378 #D8B253

monochromatic

#217890 #2CA1C2 #53BBD8 #85CFE3 #B7E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#53BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.104 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe4',
    500: '#53bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd8;
$custom-light: #90cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.083,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD8

secondary

#DEB5A9

accent

#6642E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD8

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

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