#53BCD3#53BCD3

#53BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD3
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -23.44, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 31.23, 221.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0835 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.101 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3036, 42.5052, 68.0646)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD3 #D36A53

analogous

#53D3AA #53BCD3 #537CD3

triadic

#53BCD3 #D353BC #BCD353

tetradic

#53BCD3 #AA53D3 #D36A53 #7CD353

square

#53BCD3 #AA53D3 #D36A53 #7CD353

split-complementary

#53BCD3 #D3537C #D3AA53

monochromatic

#237689 #2FA1B9 #53BCD3 #84CFDF #B4E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#53BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e0',
    500: '#53bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd3;
$custom-light: #90d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.781,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD3

secondary

#DBB0A7

accent

#6245E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD3

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

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