#53BAD7#53BAD7

#53BAD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD7
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -21.24, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 31.67, 227.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0799 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.103 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3870, 41.8597, 70.5970)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD7 #D77053

analogous

#53D7B2 #53BAD7 #5378D7

triadic

#53BAD7 #D753BA #BAD753

tetradic

#53BAD7 #B253D7 #D77053 #78D753

square

#53BAD7 #B253D7 #D77053 #78D753

split-complementary

#53BAD7 #D75378 #D7B253

monochromatic

#21768E #2DA0C0 #53BAD7 #85CEE3 #B6E2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BAD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#53BAD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD7

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD7	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe3',
    500: '#53bad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad7;
$custom-light: #90cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD7

secondary

#DDB4A9

accent

#6642E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD7

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

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