#53BCDC#53BCDC

#53BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCDC
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -20.76, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 32.54, 230.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0801 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.106 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4636, 42.9692, 74.1739)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCDC #DC7353

analogous

#53DCB8 #53BCDC #5377DC

triadic

#53BCDC #DC53BC #BCDC53

tetradic

#53BCDC #B853DC #DC7353 #77DC53

square

#53BCDC #B853DC #DC7353 #77DC53

split-complementary

#53BCDC #DC5377 #DCB853

monochromatic

#1F7A96 #29A4C9 #53BCDC #86D0E6 #B9E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#53BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCDC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCDC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e7',
    500: '#53bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcdc;
$custom-light: #91d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74624,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCDC

secondary

#E0B7AB

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCDC

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

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