#53BEDC#53BEDC

#53BEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.106 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEDC
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 220)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -21.78, -24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 32.54, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0821 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.106 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8938, 43.8296, 74.3173)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEDC #DC7153

analogous

#53DCB6 #53BEDC #5379DC

triadic

#53BEDC #DC53BE #BEDC53

tetradic

#53BEDC #B653DC #DC7153 #79DC53

square

#53BEDC #B653DC #DC7153 #79DC53

split-complementary

#53BEDC #DC5379 #DCB653

monochromatic

#1F7C96 #29A6C9 #53BEDC #86D1E6 #B9E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#53BEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEDC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEDC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.106 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e7',
    500: '#53bedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bedc;
$custom-light: #91d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.139,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEDC

secondary

#E0B6AB

accent

#643FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEDC

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

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