#53BBDD#53BBDD

#53BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBDD
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -19.94, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 32.76, 232.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0787 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.107 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3835, 42.5966, 74.8025)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBDD #DD7553

analogous

#53DDBA #53BBDD #5376DD

triadic

#53BBDD #DD53BB #BBDD53

tetradic

#53BBDD #BA53DD #DD7553 #76DD53

square

#53BBDD #BA53DD #DD7553 #76DD53

split-complementary

#53BBDD #DD5376 #DDBA53

monochromatic

#1E7A98 #28A3CB #53BBDD #86CFE7 #B9E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#53BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBDD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBDD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 222.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74433,
    "c": 0.10692,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBDD

secondary

#E1B8AB

accent

#683EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBDD

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

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