#53BDE4#53BDE4

#53BDE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE4
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -18.84, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 34.18, 236.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0781 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.112 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7629, 43.8319, 79.9594)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE4 #E47A53

analogous

#53E4C2 #53BDE4 #5374E4

triadic

#53BDE4 #E453BD #BDE453

tetradic

#53BDE4 #C253E4 #E47A53 #74E453

square

#53BDE4 #C253E4 #E47A53 #74E453

split-complementary

#53BDE4 #E45374 #E4C253

monochromatic

#1A7EA3 #22A7D8 #53BDE4 #88D1EC #BDE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#53BDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE4	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ec',
    500: '#53bde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde4;
$custom-light: #92d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.138,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75187,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE4

secondary

#E5BDAE

accent

#4511D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE4

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

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