#53BFDE#53BFDE

#53BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFDE
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -21.69, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 32.88, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0824 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.107 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3776, 44.3708, 75.7931)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFDE #DE7253

analogous

#53DEB7 #53BFDE #537ADE

triadic

#53BFDE #DE53BF #BFDE53

tetradic

#53BFDE #B753DE #DE7253 #7ADE53

square

#53BFDE #B753DE #DE7253 #7ADE53

split-complementary

#53BFDE #DE537A #DEB753

monochromatic

#1D7E99 #27A8CD #53BFDE #86D2E8 #BAE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#53BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFDE

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFDE	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e8',
    500: '#53bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfde;
$custom-light: #91d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.381,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFDE

secondary

#E1B8AC

accent

#643DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFDE

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

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