#53BAD5#53BAD5

#53BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.102 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD5
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -21.83, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 31.36, 225.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.0807 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.102 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1316, 41.7575, 69.2518)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD5 #D56E53

analogous

#53D5AF #53BAD5 #5379D5

triadic

#53BAD5 #D553BA #BAD553

tetradic

#53BAD5 #AF53D5 #D56E53 #79D553

square

#53BAD5 #AF53D5 #D56E53 #79D553

split-complementary

#53BAD5 #D55379 #D5AF53

monochromatic

#22768C #2E9FBD #53BAD5 #84CEE1 #B5E1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#53BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.102 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe2',
    500: '#53bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad5;
$custom-light: #90cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.462,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73876,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD5

secondary

#DCB3A8

accent

#6544E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD5

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

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