#53BDD6#53BDD6

#53BDD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDD6
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -23.06, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 31.65, 223.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0834 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.103 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8975, 43.0857, 70.1352)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDD6 #D66C53

analogous

#53D6AD #53BDD6 #537CD6

triadic

#53BDD6 #D653BD #BDD653

tetradic

#53BDD6 #AD53D6 #D66C53 #7CD653

square

#53BDD6 #AD53D6 #D66C53 #7CD653

split-complementary

#53BDD6 #D6537C #D6AD53

monochromatic

#22788D #2DA3BE #53BDD6 #84D0E2 #B6E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#53BDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDD6

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDD6	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)

#ACB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e2',
    500: '#53bdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdd6;
$custom-light: #90d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74618,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDD6

secondary

#DCB2A8

accent

#6243E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDD6

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

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