#53BAD9#53BAD9

#53BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAD9
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -20.64, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 32.01, 229.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0791 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.104 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6455, 41.9631, 71.9587)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAD9 #D97253

analogous

#53D9B5 #53BAD9 #5377D9

triadic

#53BAD9 #D953BA #BAD953

tetradic

#53BAD9 #B553D9 #D97253 #77D953

square

#53BAD9 #B553D9 #D97253 #77D953

split-complementary

#53BAD9 #D95377 #D9B553

monochromatic

#207791 #2BA0C4 #53BAD9 #85CEE4 #B7E2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#53BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAD9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAD9	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cfe4',
    500: '#53bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bad9;
$custom-light: #90cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAD9

secondary

#DEB6AA

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAD9

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

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