#53BAD8#53BAD8

#53BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD8
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -20.94, -23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 31.84, 228.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0795 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.104 220)
XYZ	xyz(33.5159, 41.9112, 71.2758)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD8 #D87153

analogous

#53D8B3 #53BAD8 #5377D8

triadic

#53BAD8 #D853BA #BAD853

tetradic

#53BAD8 #B353D8 #D87153 #77D853

square

#53BAD8 #B353D8 #D87153 #77D853

split-complementary

#53BAD8 #D85377 #D8B353

monochromatic

#217790 #2CA0C2 #53BAD8 #85CEE3 #B7E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#53BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe4',
    500: '#53bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad8;
$custom-light: #90cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.41915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD8

secondary

#DEB5A9

accent

#6742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD8

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

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