#53BAD2#53BAD2

#53BAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD2
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -22.72, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 30.96, 222.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0818 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.101 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7543, 41.6066, 67.2650)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD2 #D26B53

analogous

#53D2AB #53BAD2 #537AD2

triadic

#53BAD2 #D253BA #BAD253

tetradic

#53BAD2 #AB53D2 #D26B53 #7AD253

square

#53BAD2 #AB53D2 #D26B53 #7AD253

split-complementary

#53BAD2 #D2537A #D2AB53

monochromatic

#237487 #309EB8 #53BAD2 #84CDDF #B4E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#53BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fcfdf',
    500: '#53bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad2;
$custom-light: #8fcfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD2

secondary

#DAB0A7

accent

#6346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD2

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

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