#53BBDB#53BBDB

#53BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBDB
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -20.55, -25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 32.37, 230.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0794 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.106 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1187, 42.4906, 73.4075)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBDB #DB7353

analogous

#53DBB7 #53BBDB #5377DB

triadic

#53BBDB #DB53BB #BBDB53

tetradic

#53BBDB #B753DB #DB7353 #77DB53

square

#53BBDB #B753DB #DB7353 #77DB53

split-complementary

#53BBDB #DB5377 #DBB753

monochromatic

#1F7995 #2AA2C7 #53BBDB #86CFE6 #B8E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#53BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBDB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBDB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe6',
    500: '#53bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbdb;
$custom-light: #90cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBDB

secondary

#DFB7AA

accent

#673FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBDB

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

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