#53BFD7#53BFD7

#53BFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.104 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD7
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -23.78, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 31.91, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0851 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.104 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4588, 44.0033, 70.9543)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD7 #D76B53

analogous

#53D7AD #53BFD7 #537DD7

triadic

#53BFD7 #D753BF #BFD753

tetradic

#53BFD7 #AD53D7 #D76B53 #7DD753

square

#53BFD7 #AD53D7 #D76B53 #7DD753

split-complementary

#53BFD7 #D7537D #D7AD53

monochromatic

#217B8E #2DA5C0 #53BFD7 #85D1E3 #B6E4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#53BFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD7

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD7	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.104 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e3',
    500: '#53bfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd7;
$custom-light: #90d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD7

secondary

#DDB2A9

accent

#6042E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD7

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

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