#53BDD7#53BDD7

#53BDD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.103 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDD7
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(192, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -22.77, -22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 31.77, 224.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.083 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.103 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0256, 43.1370, 70.8099)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDD7 #D76D53

analogous

#53D7AF #53BDD7 #537BD7

triadic

#53BDD7 #D753BD #BDD753

tetradic

#53BDD7 #AF53D7 #D76D53 #7BD753

square

#53BDD7 #AF53D7 #D76D53 #7BD753

split-complementary

#53BDD7 #D7537B #D7AF53

monochromatic

#21798E #2DA3C0 #53BDD7 #85D0E3 #B6E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#53BDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDD7

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDD7	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)

#ABB8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.103 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e3',
    500: '#53bdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdd7;
$custom-light: #90d1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDD7

secondary

#DDB3A9

accent

#6342E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDD7

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

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