#53BCDF#53BCDF

#53BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCDF
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -19.85, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 33.13, 233.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.079 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.108 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8645, 43.1295, 76.2852)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCDF #DF7653

analogous

#53DFBC #53BCDF #5376DF

triadic

#53BCDF #DF53BC #BCDF53

tetradic

#53BCDF #BC53DF #DF7653 #76DF53

square

#53BCDF #BC53DF #DF7653 #76DF53

split-complementary

#53BCDF #DF5376 #DFBC53

monochromatic

#1D7B9B #26A4CE #53BCDF #87D0E9 #BAE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#53BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCDF

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCDF	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e9',
    500: '#53bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcdf;
$custom-light: #91d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.10816,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCDF

secondary

#E2B9AC

accent

#683CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCDF

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

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