#53BDDB#53BDDB

#53BDDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDDB
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -21.57, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 32.36, 228.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0815 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.106 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5459, 43.3451, 73.5499)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDDB #DB7153

analogous

#53DBB5 #53BDDB #5379DB

triadic

#53BDDB #DB53BD #BDDB53

tetradic

#53BDDB #B553DB #DB7153 #79DB53

square

#53BDDB #B553DB #DB7153 #79DB53

split-complementary

#53BDDB #DB5379 #DBB553

monochromatic

#1F7B95 #2AA4C7 #53BDDB #86D0E6 #B8E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#53BDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDDB

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDDB	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e6',
    500: '#53bddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bddb;
$custom-light: #91d1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.235,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDDB

secondary

#DFB6AA

accent

#653FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDDB

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

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