#53BCD7#53BCD7

#53BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD7
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -22.26, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 31.72, 225.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.082 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.103 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8113, 42.7083, 70.7384)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD7 #D76E53

analogous

#53D7B0 #53BCD7 #537AD7

triadic

#53BCD7 #D753BC #BCD753

tetradic

#53BCD7 #B053D7 #D76E53 #7AD753

square

#53BCD7 #B053D7 #D76E53 #7AD753

split-complementary

#53BCD7 #D7537A #D7B053

monochromatic

#21788E #2DA2C0 #53BCD7 #85CFE3 #B6E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#53BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD7

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD7	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e3',
    500: '#53bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd7;
$custom-light: #90d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74423,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD7

secondary

#DDB3A9

accent

#6442E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD7

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

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