#53BCD9#53BCD9

#53BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCD9
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -21.66, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 32.02, 227.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0812 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.104 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0698, 42.8117, 72.1002)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCD9 #D97053

analogous

#53D9B3 #53BCD9 #5379D9

triadic

#53BCD9 #D953BC #BCD953

tetradic

#53BCD9 #B353D9 #D97053 #79D953

square

#53BCD9 #B353D9 #D97053 #79D953

split-complementary

#53BCD9 #D95379 #D9B353

monochromatic

#207991 #2BA3C4 #53BCD9 #85D0E4 #B7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#53BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCD9

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCD9	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e4',
    500: '#53bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcd9;
$custom-light: #90d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.985,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCD9

secondary

#DEB5AA

accent

#6541E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCD9

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

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