#53BCD1#53BCD1

#53BCD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD1
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -24.03, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 31.04, 219.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0843 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.1 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0544, 42.4055, 66.7523)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD1 #D16853

analogous

#53D1A7 #53BCD1 #537DD1

triadic

#53BCD1 #D153BC #BCD153

tetradic

#53BCD1 #A753D1 #D16853 #7DD153

square

#53BCD1 #A753D1 #D16853 #7DD153

split-complementary

#53BCD1 #D1537D #D1A753

monochromatic

#247586 #31A0B6 #53BCD1 #83CFDE #B4E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#53BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD1

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD1	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0df',
    500: '#53bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd1;
$custom-light: #90d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74189,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD1

secondary

#D9AFA6

accent

#6047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD1

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

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