#53BFDD#53BFDD

#53BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFDD
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -21.99, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 32.71, 227.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0828 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.107 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2439, 44.3174, 75.0893)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFDD #DD7153

analogous

#53DDB6 #53BFDD #537ADD

triadic

#53BFDD #DD53BF #BFDD53

tetradic

#53BFDD #B653DD #DD7153 #7ADD53

square

#53BFDD #B653DD #DD7153 #7ADD53

split-complementary

#53BFDD #DD537A #DDB653

monochromatic

#1E7D98 #28A7CB #53BFDD #86D2E7 #B9E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#53BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFDD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFDD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e7',
    500: '#53bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfdd;
$custom-light: #91d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75362,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFDD

secondary

#E1B7AB

accent

#633EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFDD

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

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