#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
RGBrgb(83, 187, 237)
HSLhsl(199, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(199, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.89, -15.00, -33.75)
CIE-LCHlch(71.89, 36.94, 246.04°)
OKLaboklab(75.12% -0.0729 -0.0946)
OKLCHoklch(75.12% 0.119 232.4)
XYZxyz(36.6177, 43.4902, 86.5690)
Luminance0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##53BBED1.002.179.709.70
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7021.001.001.00
##0000009.7021.001.001.00

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

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