#53BDE8#53BDE8

#53BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDE8
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -17.61, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 35.18, 239.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0767 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.115 228)
XYZ	xyz(36.3246, 44.0566, 82.9177)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDE8 #E87E53

analogous

#53E8C8 #53BDE8 #5373E8

triadic

#53BDE8 #E853BD #BDE853

tetradic

#53BDE8 #C853E8 #E87E53 #73E853

square

#53BDE8 #C853E8 #E87E53 #73E853

split-complementary

#53BDE8 #E85373 #E8C853

monochromatic

#177FAA #1EA8E0 #53BDE8 #89D2EF #BFE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#53BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDE8

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDE8	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ef',
    500: '#53bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bde8;
$custom-light: #92d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.315,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75357,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.4406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDE8

secondary

#E7C0B0

accent

#480DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDE8

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

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