#53BBDC#53BBDC

#53BBDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.106 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBDC
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -20.25, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 32.56, 231.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.079 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.106 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2507, 42.5434, 74.1029)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBDC #DC7453

analogous

#53DCB9 #53BBDC #5376DC

triadic

#53BBDC #DC53BB #BBDC53

tetradic

#53BBDC #B953DC #DC7453 #76DC53

square

#53BBDC #B953DC #DC7453 #76DC53

split-complementary

#53BBDC #DC5376 #DCB953

monochromatic

#1F7996 #29A2C9 #53BBDC #86CFE6 #B9E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53BBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBDC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBDC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.106 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe7',
    500: '#53bbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbdc;
$custom-light: #91cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.453,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74392,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBDC

secondary

#E0B8AB

accent

#683FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBDC

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

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