#53BED9#53BED9

#53BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.104 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BED9
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -22.68, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 32.09, 225.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0833 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.105 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5000, 43.6721, 72.2436)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BED9 #D96E53

analogous

#53D9B1 #53BED9 #537BD9

triadic

#53BED9 #D953BE #BED953

tetradic

#53BED9 #B153D9 #D96E53 #7BD953

square

#53BED9 #B153D9 #D96E53 #7BD953

split-complementary

#53BED9 #D9537B #D9B153

monochromatic

#207B91 #2BA5C4 #53BED9 #85D1E4 #B7E4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#53BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BED9

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BED9	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.104 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d1e4',
    500: '#53bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bed9;
$custom-light: #90d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7497,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BED9

secondary

#DEB4AA

accent

#6241E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BED9

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

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