#53BDE1#53BDE1

#53BDE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.109 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE1
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 225)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 16%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -19.76, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 33.50, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0792 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.109 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3500, 43.6668, 77.7851)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE1 #E17753

analogous

#53E1BE #53BDE1 #5376E1

triadic

#53BDE1 #E153BD #BDE153

tetradic

#53BDE1 #BE53E1 #E17753 #76E153

square

#53BDE1 #BE53E1 #E17753 #76E153

split-complementary

#53BDE1 #E15376 #E1BE53

monochromatic

#1C7D9E #25A6D2 #53BDE1 #87D1EA #BBE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#53BDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE1

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE1	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.109 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ea',
    500: '#53bde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde1;
$custom-light: #91d1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75062,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE1

secondary

#E3BBAD

accent

#4413D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE1

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

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