#53BADE#53BADE

#53BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.108 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BADE
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -19.12, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 33.02, 234.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0772 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.108 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3057, 42.2272, 75.4358)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BADE #DE7753

analogous

#53DEBD #53BADE #5374DE

triadic

#53BADE #DE53BA #BADE53

tetradic

#53BADE #BD53DE #DE7753 #74DE53

square

#53BADE #BD53DE #DE7753 #74DE53

split-complementary

#53BADE #DE5374 #DEBD53

monochromatic

#1D7999 #27A2CD #53BADE #86CFE8 #BAE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#53BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BADE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BADE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.108 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cee8',
    500: '#53bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bade;
$custom-light: #91cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74243,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BADE

secondary

#E1B9AC

accent

#6A3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BADE

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

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