#53BFD8#53BFD8

#53BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.104 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFD8
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -23.48, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 32.02, 222.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0847 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.104 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5877, 44.0549, 71.6331)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFD8 #D86C53

analogous

#53D8AE #53BFD8 #537CD8

triadic

#53BFD8 #D853BF #BFD853

tetradic

#53BFD8 #AE53D8 #D86C53 #7CD853

square

#53BFD8 #AE53D8 #D86C53 #7CD853

split-complementary

#53BFD8 #D8537C #D8AE53

monochromatic

#217B90 #2CA6C2 #53BFD8 #85D2E3 #B7E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#53BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFD8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFD8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.104 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d2e4',
    500: '#53bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfd8;
$custom-light: #90d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.278,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFD8

secondary

#DEB3A9

accent

#6142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFD8

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

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