#53BCDA#53BCDA

#53BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCDA
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -21.36, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 32.19, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0808 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.105 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2003, 42.8639, 72.7872)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCDA #DA7153

analogous

#53DAB4 #53BCDA #5379DA

triadic

#53BCDA #DA53BC #BCDA53

tetradic

#53BCDA #B453DA #DA7153 #79DA53

square

#53BCDA #B453DA #DA7153 #79DA53

split-complementary

#53BCDA #DA5379 #DAB453

monochromatic

#207993 #2AA3C5 #53BCDA #85D0E5 #B8E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#53BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCDA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCDA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d0e5',
    500: '#53bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcda;
$custom-light: #90d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74543,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCDA

secondary

#DFB6AA

accent

#6540E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCDA

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

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