#53BDD5#53BDD5

#53BDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDD5
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -23.36, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 31.53, 222.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0838 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.102 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7702, 43.0348, 69.4647)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDD5 #D56B53

analogous

#53D5AC #53BDD5 #537CD5

triadic

#53BDD5 #D553BD #BDD553

tetradic

#53BDD5 #AC53D5 #D56B53 #7CD553

square

#53BDD5 #AC53D5 #D56B53 #7CD553

split-complementary

#53BDD5 #D5537C #D5AC53

monochromatic

#22788C #2EA2BD #53BDD5 #84D0E1 #B5E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#53BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDD5

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDD5	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)

#ACB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e2',
    500: '#53bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdd5;
$custom-light: #90d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74578,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDD5

secondary

#DCB2A8

accent

#6144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDD5

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

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