#53BED4#53BED4

#53BED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED4
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -24.16, -20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 31.52, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0853 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.102 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8595, 43.4159, 68.8703)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED4 #D46953

analogous

#53D4AA #53BED4 #537DD4

triadic

#53BED4 #D453BE #BED453

tetradic

#53BED4 #AA53D4 #D46953 #7DD453

square

#53BED4 #AA53D4 #D46953 #7DD453

split-complementary

#53BED4 #D4537D #D4AA53

monochromatic

#23788A #2FA3BB #53BED4 #84D1E0 #B5E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#53BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED4

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED4	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e1',
    500: '#53bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed4;
$custom-light: #90d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.233,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74774,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED4

secondary

#DBB0A8

accent

#6045E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED4

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

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