#53BBDE#53BBDE

#53BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBDE
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -19.64, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 32.97, 233.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0783 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.108 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5172, 42.6500, 75.5063)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBDE #DE7653

analogous

#53DEBC #53BBDE #5376DE

triadic

#53BBDE #DE53BB #BBDE53

tetradic

#53BBDE #BC53DE #DE7653 #76DE53

square

#53BBDE #BC53DE #DE7653 #76DE53

split-complementary

#53BBDE #DE5376 #DEBC53

monochromatic

#1D7A99 #27A3CD #53BBDE #86CFE8 #BAE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBDE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBDE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe8',
    500: '#53bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbde;
$custom-light: #91cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74474,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBDE

secondary

#E1B9AC

accent

#693DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBDE

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

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