#53BCD8#53BCD8

#53BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD8
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -21.96, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 31.87, 226.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0816 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.104 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9402, 42.7598, 71.4172)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD8 #D86F53

analogous

#53D8B2 #53BCD8 #5379D8

triadic

#53BCD8 #D853BC #BCD853

tetradic

#53BCD8 #B253D8 #D86F53 #79D853

square

#53BCD8 #B253D8 #D86F53 #79D853

split-complementary

#53BCD8 #D85379 #D8B253

monochromatic

#217990 #2CA2C2 #53BCD8 #85CFE3 #B7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#53BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e4',
    500: '#53bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd8;
$custom-light: #90d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD8

secondary

#DEB4A9

accent

#6442E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD8

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

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