#53BDEB#53BDEB

#53BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.117 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDEB
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -16.68, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 36.00, 242.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0756 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.117 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7544, 44.2285, 85.1811)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDEB #EB8153

analogous

#53EBCD #53BDEB #5371EB

triadic

#53BDEB #EB53BD #BDEB53

tetradic

#53BDEB #CD53EB #EB8153 #71EB53

square

#53BDEB #CD53EB #EB8153 #71EB53

split-complementary

#53BDEB #EB5371 #EBCD53

monochromatic

#1480AF #1CA8E5 #53BDEB #8AD2F1 #C1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#53BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDEB

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDEB	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.117 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1f1',
    500: '#53bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bdeb;
$custom-light: #92d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDEB

secondary

#E9C2B1

accent

#490ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDEB

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

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