#53BBED#53BBED

#53BBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.119 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBED
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -15.00, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 36.94, 246.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0729 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.119 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6177, 43.4902, 86.5690)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBED #ED8553

analogous

#53EDD2 #53BBED #536EED

triadic

#53BBED #ED53BB #BBED53

tetradic

#53BBED #D253ED #ED8553 #6EED53

square

#53BBED #D253ED #ED8553 #6EED53

split-complementary

#53BBED #ED536E #EDD253

monochromatic

#137FB3 #1CA5E7 #53BBED #8AD1F3 #C2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#53BBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBED

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBED	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.119 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cff3',
    500: '#53bbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbed;
$custom-light: #93cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.481,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75118,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBED

secondary

#EAC4B2

accent

#4D08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBED

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

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