#53BAD3#53BAD3

#53BAD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.101 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD3
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 211)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -22.43, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 31.08, 223.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0814 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.101 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8793, 41.6566, 67.9232)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD3 #D36C53

analogous

#53D3AC #53BAD3 #537AD3

triadic

#53BAD3 #D353BA #BAD353

tetradic

#53BAD3 #AC53D3 #D36C53 #7AD353

square

#53BAD3 #AC53D3 #D36C53 #7AD353

split-complementary

#53BAD3 #D3537A #D3AC53

monochromatic

#237589 #2F9EB9 #53BAD3 #84CEDF #B4E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#53BAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD3

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD3	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.101 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe0',
    500: '#53bad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad3;
$custom-light: #90cfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73797,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD3

secondary

#DBB1A7

accent

#6445E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD3

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

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