#53BED6#53BED6

#53BED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.103 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED6
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -23.57, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 31.72, 222.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0845 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.103 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1134, 43.5174, 70.2072)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED6 #D66B53

analogous

#53D6AC #53BED6 #537DD6

triadic

#53BED6 #D653BE #BED653

tetradic

#53BED6 #AC53D6 #D66B53 #7DD653

square

#53BED6 #AC53D6 #D66B53 #7DD653

split-complementary

#53BED6 #D6537D #D6AC53

monochromatic

#22798D #2DA4BE #53BED6 #84D1E2 #B6E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#53BED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED6	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.103 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e2',
    500: '#53bed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed6;
$custom-light: #90d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED6

secondary

#DCB2A8

accent

#6143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED6

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

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