#53BAD4#53BAD4

#53BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.102 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD4
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -22.13, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 31.22, 224.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.081 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.102 217)
XYZ	xyz(33.0050, 41.7069, 68.5854)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD4 #D46D53

analogous

#53D4AD #53BAD4 #5379D4

triadic

#53BAD4 #D453BA #BAD453

tetradic

#53BAD4 #AD53D4 #D46D53 #79D453

square

#53BAD4 #AD53D4 #D46D53 #79D453

split-complementary

#53BAD4 #D45379 #D4AD53

monochromatic

#23758A #2F9FBB #53BAD4 #84CEE0 #B5E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#53BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD4	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.102 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe1',
    500: '#53bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad4;
$custom-light: #90cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.093,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73837,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.4171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD4

secondary

#DBB2A8

accent

#6545E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD4

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

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