#53BED5#53BED5

#53BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED5
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -23.86, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 31.61, 220.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0849 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.103 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9861, 43.4665, 69.5367)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED5 #D56A53

analogous

#53D5AB #53BED5 #537DD5

triadic

#53BED5 #D553BE #BED553

tetradic

#53BED5 #AB53D5 #D56A53 #7DD553

square

#53BED5 #AB53D5 #D56A53 #7DD553

split-complementary

#53BED5 #D5537D #D5AB53

monochromatic

#22798C #2EA3BD #53BED5 #84D1E1 #B5E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#53BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e2',
    500: '#53bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed5;
$custom-light: #90d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED5

secondary

#DCB1A8

accent

#6044E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED5

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

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