#53BBDA#53BBDA

#53BBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.105 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBDA
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -20.85, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 32.19, 229.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0798 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.105 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9874, 42.4381, 72.7163)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBDA #DA7253

analogous

#53DAB6 #53BBDA #5378DA

triadic

#53BBDA #DA53BB #BBDA53

tetradic

#53BBDA #B653DA #DA7253 #78DA53

square

#53BBDA #B653DA #DA7253 #78DA53

split-complementary

#53BBDA #DA5378 #DAB653

monochromatic

#207893 #2AA2C5 #53BBDA #85CFE5 #B8E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#53BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBDA

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBDA	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.105 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe5',
    500: '#53bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbda;
$custom-light: #90cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBDA

secondary

#DFB6AA

accent

#6740E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBDA

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

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