#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
RGBrgb(83, 186, 237)
HSLhsl(200, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(200, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.60, -14.47, -34.20)
CIE-LCHlch(71.60, 37.13, 247.06°)
OKLaboklab(74.89% -0.0719 -0.0959)
OKLCHoklch(74.89% 0.12 233.1)
XYZxyz(36.4063, 43.0674, 86.4985)
Luminance0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##53BAED1.002.189.619.61
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6121.001.001.00
##0000009.6121.001.001.00

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

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#53BAED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva