#53BFDF#53BFDF

#53BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFDF
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -21.39, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 33.05, 229.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.082 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.108 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5120, 44.4246, 76.5010)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFDF #DF7353

analogous

#53DFB9 #53BFDF #5379DF

triadic

#53BFDF #DF53BF #BFDF53

tetradic

#53BFDF #B953DF #DF7353 #79DF53

square

#53BFDF #B953DF #DF7353 #79DF53

split-complementary

#53BFDF #DF5379 #DFB953

monochromatic

#1D7E9B #26A8CE #53BFDF #87D2E9 #BAE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#53BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFDF

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFDF	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e9',
    500: '#53bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfdf;
$custom-light: #91d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75443,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFDF

secondary

#E2B8AC

accent

#643CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFDF

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

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