#53BCD6#53BCD6

#53BCD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD6
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -22.56, -22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.59, 224.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0824 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.103 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6832, 42.6570, 70.0638)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD6 #D66D53

analogous

#53D6AE #53BCD6 #537BD6

triadic

#53BCD6 #D653BC #BCD653

tetradic

#53BCD6 #AE53D6 #D66D53 #7BD653

square

#53BCD6 #AE53D6 #D66D53 #7BD653

split-complementary

#53BCD6 #D6537B #D6AE53

monochromatic

#22788D #2DA2BE #53BCD6 #84CFE2 #B6E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e2',
    500: '#53bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd6;
$custom-light: #90d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74384,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD6

secondary

#DCB3A8

accent

#6343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD6

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

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