#53BBD9#53BBD9

#53BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBD9
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -21.15, -24.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 32.01, 228.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0802 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.104 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8570, 42.3859, 72.0292)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBD9 #D97153

analogous

#53D9B4 #53BBD9 #5378D9

triadic

#53BBD9 #D953BB #BBD953

tetradic

#53BBD9 #B453D9 #D97153 #78D953

square

#53BBD9 #B453D9 #D97153 #78D953

split-complementary

#53BBD9 #D95378 #D9B453

monochromatic

#207891 #2BA1C4 #53BBD9 #85CFE4 #B7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#53BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBD9

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBD9	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe4',
    500: '#53bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbd9;
$custom-light: #90cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.433,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBD9

secondary

#DEB5AA

accent

#6641E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBD9

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

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