#53BDDE#53BDDE

#53BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDDE
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -20.67, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 32.90, 231.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0804 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.107 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9444, 43.5045, 75.6487)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDDE #DE7453

analogous

#53DEBA #53BDDE #5377DE

triadic

#53BDDE #DE53BD #BDDE53

tetradic

#53BDDE #BA53DE #DE7453 #77DE53

square

#53BDDE #BA53DE #DE7453 #77DE53

split-complementary

#53BDDE #DE5377 #DEBA53

monochromatic

#1D7C99 #27A5CD #53BDDE #86D1E8 #BAE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#53BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDDE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDDE	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#A9B9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e8',
    500: '#53bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdde;
$custom-light: #91d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74938,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDDE

secondary

#E1B8AC

accent

#663DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDDE

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

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