#53BCDB#53BCDB

#53BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCDB
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -21.06, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 32.36, 229.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0804 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.106 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3315, 42.9164, 73.4785)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCDB #DB7253

analogous

#53DBB6 #53BCDB #5378DB

triadic

#53BCDB #DB53BC #BCDB53

tetradic

#53BCDB #B653DB #DB7253 #78DB53

square

#53BCDB #B653DB #DB7253 #78DB53

split-complementary

#53BCDB #DB5378 #DBB653

monochromatic

#1F7A95 #2AA3C7 #53BCDB #86D0E6 #B8E3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#53BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCDB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCDB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e6',
    500: '#53bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcdb;
$custom-light: #91d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.676,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCDB

secondary

#DFB6AA

accent

#663FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCDB

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

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