#53BCDE#53BCDE

#53BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCDE
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -20.16, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 32.93, 232.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0793 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.107 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7300, 43.0758, 75.5772)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCDE #DE7553

analogous

#53DEBA #53BCDE #5377DE

triadic

#53BCDE #DE53BC #BCDE53

tetradic

#53BCDE #BA53DE #DE7553 #77DE53

square

#53BCDE #BA53DE #DE7553 #77DE53

split-complementary

#53BCDE #DE5377 #DEBA53

monochromatic

#1D7B99 #27A4CD #53BCDE #86D0E8 #BAE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#53BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCDE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCDE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e8',
    500: '#53bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcde;
$custom-light: #91d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCDE

secondary

#E1B9AC

accent

#683DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCDE

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

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