#53BFDB#53BFDB

#53BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFDB
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -22.59, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 32.41, 225.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0836 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.106 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9791, 44.2114, 73.6943)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFDB #DB6F53

analogous

#53DBB3 #53BFDB #537BDB

triadic

#53BFDB #DB53BF #BFDB53

tetradic

#53BFDB #B353DB #DB6F53 #7BDB53

square

#53BFDB #B353DB #DB6F53 #7BDB53

split-complementary

#53BFDB #DB537B #DBB353

monochromatic

#1F7C95 #2AA7C7 #53BFDB #86D2E6 #B8E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#53BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFDB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFDB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e6',
    500: '#53bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfdb;
$custom-light: #91d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFDB

secondary

#DFB5AA

accent

#623FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFDB

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

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