#53BCD4#53BCD4

#53BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD4
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -23.15, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 31.34, 222.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0831 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.102 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4293, 42.5555, 68.7269)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD4 #D46B53

analogous

#53D4AC #53BCD4 #537BD4

triadic

#53BCD4 #D453BC #BCD453

tetradic

#53BCD4 #AC53D4 #D46B53 #7BD453

square

#53BCD4 #AC53D4 #D46B53 #7BD453

split-complementary

#53BCD4 #D4537B #D4AC53

monochromatic

#23778A #2FA1BB #53BCD4 #84CFE0 #B5E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e1',
    500: '#53bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd4;
$custom-light: #90d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD4

secondary

#DBB1A8

accent

#6245E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD4

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

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