#53BDE5#53BDE5

#53BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.112 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE5
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -18.54, -29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 34.42, 237.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0778 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.112 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9021, 43.8876, 80.6926)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE5 #E57B53

analogous

#53E5C4 #53BDE5 #5374E5

triadic

#53BDE5 #E553BD #BDE553

tetradic

#53BDE5 #C453E5 #E57B53 #74E553

square

#53BDE5 #C453E5 #E57B53 #74E553

split-complementary

#53BDE5 #E55374 #E5C453

monochromatic

#197EA5 #21A7DA #53BDE5 #88D1ED #BDE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#53BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE5

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE5	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.112 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ed',
    500: '#53bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde5;
$custom-light: #92d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE5

secondary

#E5BEAE

accent

#4610D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE5

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

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