#53BAD6#53BAD6

#53BAD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD6
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -21.54, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 31.51, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0803 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.103 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2589, 41.8085, 69.9224)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD6 #D66F53

analogous

#53D6B0 #53BAD6 #5379D6

triadic

#53BAD6 #D653BA #BAD653

tetradic

#53BAD6 #B053D6 #D66F53 #79D653

square

#53BAD6 #B053D6 #D66F53 #79D653

split-complementary

#53BAD6 #D65379 #D6B053

monochromatic

#22768D #2D9FBE #53BAD6 #84CEE2 #B6E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53BAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD6

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD6	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe2',
    500: '#53bad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad6;
$custom-light: #90cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.824,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD6

secondary

#DCB3A8

accent

#6643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD6

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

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