#53BCD5#53BCD5

#53BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD5
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -22.85, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 31.46, 223.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0828 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.102 216)
XYZ	xyz(33.5559, 42.6061, 69.3933)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD5 #D56C53

analogous

#53D5AD #53BCD5 #537BD5

triadic

#53BCD5 #D553BC #BCD553

tetradic

#53BCD5 #AD53D5 #D56C53 #7BD553

square

#53BCD5 #AD53D5 #D56C53 #7BD553

split-complementary

#53BCD5 #D5537B #D5AD53

monochromatic

#22778C #2EA1BD #53BCD5 #84CFE1 #B5E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#53BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e2',
    500: '#53bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd5;
$custom-light: #90d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74344,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.4261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD5

secondary

#DCB2A8

accent

#6344E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD5

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

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