#53BDE3#53BDE3

#53BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE3
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -19.15, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 33.95, 235.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0785 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.111 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6245, 43.7765, 79.2304)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE3 #E37953

analogous

#53E3C1 #53BDE3 #5375E3

triadic

#53BDE3 #E353BD #BDE353

tetradic

#53BDE3 #C153E3 #E37953 #75E353

square

#53BDE3 #C153E3 #E37953 #75E353

split-complementary

#53BDE3 #E35375 #E3C153

monochromatic

#1A7EA1 #23A7D6 #53BDE3 #88D1EC #BCE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#53BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE3

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE3	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1ec',
    500: '#53bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde3;
$custom-light: #91d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE3

secondary

#E4BCAE

accent

#4511D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE3

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

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