#53BDDD#53BDDD

#53BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDDD
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -20.97, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 32.71, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0807 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.107 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8108, 43.4510, 74.9449)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDDD #DD7353

analogous

#53DDB8 #53BDDD #5378DD

triadic

#53BDDD #DD53BD #BDDD53

tetradic

#53BDDD #B853DD #DD7353 #78DD53

square

#53BDDD #B853DD #DD7353 #78DD53

split-complementary

#53BDDD #DD5378 #DDB853

monochromatic

#1E7B98 #28A5CB #53BDDD #86D1E7 #B9E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#53BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDDD

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDDD	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e7',
    500: '#53bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bddd;
$custom-light: #91d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.913,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74897,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDDD

secondary

#E1B8AB

accent

#663EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDDD

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

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