#53BADC#53BADC

#53BADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.106 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BADC
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -19.73, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 32.59, 232.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.078 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.106 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0393, 42.1206, 74.0325)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BADC #DC7553

analogous

#53DCBA #53BADC #5375DC

triadic

#53BADC #DC53BA #BADC53

tetradic

#53BADC #BA53DC #DC7553 #75DC53

square

#53BADC #BA53DC #DC7553 #75DC53

split-complementary

#53BADC #DC5375 #DCBA53

monochromatic

#1F7896 #29A1C9 #53BADC #86CEE6 #B9E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#53BADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#53BADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BADC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BADC	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53badc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.106 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cee7',
    500: '#53badc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53badc;
$custom-light: #91cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53badc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.891,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BADC

secondary

#E0B8AB

accent

#693FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BADC

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

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