#53BDDF#53BDDF

#53BDDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.108 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDDF
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -20.37, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 33.09, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.08 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.108 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0788, 43.5583, 76.3566)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDDF #DF7553

analogous

#53DFBB #53BDDF #5377DF

triadic

#53BDDF #DF53BD #BDDF53

tetradic

#53BDDF #BB53DF #DF7553 #77DF53

square

#53BDDF #BB53DF #DF7553 #77DF53

split-complementary

#53BDDF #DF5377 #DFBB53

monochromatic

#1D7C9B #26A6CE #53BDDF #87D1E9 #BAE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#53BDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDDF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDDF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.108 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e9',
    500: '#53bddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bddf;
$custom-light: #91d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74979,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDDF

secondary

#E2B9AC

accent

#673CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDDF

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

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