#53BDE7#53BDE7

#53BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE7
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -17.92, -29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 34.92, 239.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.077 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.114 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1830, 43.9999, 82.1718)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE7 #E77D53

analogous

#53E7C7 #53BDE7 #5373E7

triadic

#53BDE7 #E753BD #BDE753

tetradic

#53BDE7 #C753E7 #E77D53 #73E753

square

#53BDE7 #C753E7 #E77D53 #73E753

split-complementary

#53BDE7 #E75373 #E7C753

monochromatic

#177FA8 #1FA8DE #53BDE7 #89D2EE #BEE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#53BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE7

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE7	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ee',
    500: '#53bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde7;
$custom-light: #92d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.027,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75314,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE7

secondary

#E6BFAF

accent

#470ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE7

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

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