#53BBDF#53BBDF

#53BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBDF
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -19.33, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 33.18, 234.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0779 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.108 224)
XYZ	xyz(34.6516, 42.7038, 76.2142)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBDF #DF7753

analogous

#53DFBD #53BBDF #5375DF

triadic

#53BBDF #DF53BB #BBDF53

tetradic

#53BBDF #BD53DF #DF7753 #75DF53

square

#53BBDF #BD53DF #DF7753 #75DF53

split-complementary

#53BBDF #DF5375 #DFBD53

monochromatic

#1D7A9B #26A3CE #53BBDF #87CFE9 #BAE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#53BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBDF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBDF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe9',
    500: '#53bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbdf;
$custom-light: #91cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.42707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBDF

secondary

#E2BAAC

accent

#693CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBDF

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

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