#53BFD5#53BFD5

#53BFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.103 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD5
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -24.37, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 31.71, 219.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0859 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.103 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2034, 43.9012, 69.6091)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD5 #D56953

analogous

#53D5AA #53BFD5 #537ED5

triadic

#53BFD5 #D553BF #BFD553

tetradic

#53BFD5 #AA53D5 #D56953 #7ED553

square

#53BFD5 #AA53D5 #D56953 #7ED553

split-complementary

#53BFD5 #D5537E #D5AA53

monochromatic

#227A8C #2EA5BD #53BFD5 #84D1E1 #B5E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#53BFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD5

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD5	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.103 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e2',
    500: '#53bfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd5;
$custom-light: #90d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75047,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD5

secondary

#DCB1A8

accent

#5F44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD5

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

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