#53BFD6#53BFD6

#53BFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD6
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -24.07, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 31.80, 220.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0855 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.103 214)
XYZ	xyz(34.3307, 43.9521, 70.2796)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD6 #D66A53

analogous

#53D6AB #53BFD6 #537DD6

triadic

#53BFD6 #D653BF #BFD653

tetradic

#53BFD6 #AB53D6 #D66A53 #7DD653

square

#53BFD6 #AB53D6 #D66A53 #7DD653

split-complementary

#53BFD6 #D6537D #D6AB53

monochromatic

#227A8D #2DA5BE #53BFD6 #84D1E2 #B6E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#53BFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD6

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD6	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e2',
    500: '#53bfd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd6;
$custom-light: #90d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.43956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD6

secondary

#DCB1A8

accent

#6043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD6

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

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