#53BDD9#53BDD9

#53BDD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDD9
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -22.17, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 32.05, 226.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0823 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.104 218)
XYZ	xyz(34.2842, 43.2404, 72.1716)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDD9 #D96F53

analogous

#53D9B2 #53BDD9 #537AD9

triadic

#53BDD9 #D953BD #BDD953

tetradic

#53BDD9 #B253D9 #D96F53 #7AD953

square

#53BDD9 #B253D9 #D96F53 #7AD953

split-complementary

#53BDD9 #D9537A #D9B253

monochromatic

#207A91 #2BA4C4 #53BDD9 #85D0E4 #B7E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#53BDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDD9

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDD9	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e4',
    500: '#53bdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdd9;
$custom-light: #90d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74736,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.43244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDD9

secondary

#DEB5AA

accent

#6441E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDD9

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

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