#53BDE0#53BDE0

#53BDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE0
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -20.06, -26.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 33.29, 232.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0796 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.109 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2140, 43.6123, 77.0688)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE0 #E07653

analogous

#53E0BD #53BDE0 #5376E0

triadic

#53BDE0 #E053BD #BDE053

tetradic

#53BDE0 #BD53E0 #E07653 #76E053

square

#53BDE0 #BD53E0 #E07653 #76E053

split-complementary

#53BDE0 #E05376 #E0BD53

monochromatic

#1C7D9C #26A6D0 #53BDE0 #87D1E9 #BBE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#53BDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE0

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE0	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e9',
    500: '#53bde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde0;
$custom-light: #91d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7502,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE0

secondary

#E2BAAC

accent

#4314D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE0

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

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