#53BAED#53BAED

#53BAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAED
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -14.47, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 37.13, 247.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0719 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.12 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4063, 43.0674, 86.4985)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAED #ED8653

analogous

#53EDD3 #53BAED #536DED

triadic

#53BAED #ED53BA #BAED53

tetradic

#53BAED #D353ED #ED8653 #6DED53

square

#53BAED #D353ED #ED8653 #6DED53

split-complementary

#53BAED #ED536D #EDD353

monochromatic

#137EB3 #1CA4E7 #53BAED #8AD0F3 #C2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#53BAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAED

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAED	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53baed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cef3',
    500: '#53baed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53baed;
$custom-light: #92cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53baed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.87,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7489,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAED

secondary

#EAC4B2

accent

#4F08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAED

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

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