#53BCDD#53BCDD

#53BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCDD
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -20.46, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 32.73, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0797 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.107 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5964, 43.0223, 74.8735)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCDD #DD7453

analogous

#53DDB9 #53BCDD #5377DD

triadic

#53BCDD #DD53BC #BCDD53

tetradic

#53BCDD #B953DD #DD7453 #77DD53

square

#53BCDD #B953DD #DD7453 #77DD53

split-complementary

#53BCDD #DD5377 #DDB953

monochromatic

#1E7B98 #28A4CB #53BCDD #86D0E7 #B9E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#53BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCDD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCDD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 221.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.348,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCDD

secondary

#E1B8AB

accent

#673EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCDD

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

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