#53BCD2#53BCD2

#53BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD2
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -23.74, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 31.13, 220.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0839 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.101 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1786, 42.4552, 67.4064)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD2 #D26953

analogous

#53D2A9 #53BCD2 #537CD2

triadic

#53BCD2 #D253BC #BCD253

tetradic

#53BCD2 #A953D2 #D26953 #7CD253

square

#53BCD2 #A953D2 #D26953 #7CD253

split-complementary

#53BCD2 #D2537C #D2A953

monochromatic

#237687 #30A0B8 #53BCD2 #84CFDF #B4E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#53BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD2

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD2	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0df',
    500: '#53bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd2;
$custom-light: #90d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74227,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD2

secondary

#DAB0A7

accent

#6146E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD2

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

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