#53BED8#53BED8

#53BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED8
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -22.98, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 31.96, 224.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0837 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.104 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3704, 43.6202, 71.5606)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED8 #D86D53

analogous

#53D8AF #53BED8 #537BD8

triadic

#53BED8 #D853BE #BED853

tetradic

#53BED8 #AF53D8 #D86D53 #7BD853

square

#53BED8 #AF53D8 #D86D53 #7BD853

split-complementary

#53BED8 #D8537B #D8AF53

monochromatic

#217A90 #2CA5C2 #53BED8 #85D1E3 #B7E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#53BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e4',
    500: '#53bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed8;
$custom-light: #90d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.729,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED8

secondary

#DEB3A9

accent

#6242E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED8

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

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