#53BEDD#53BEDD

#53BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEDD
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -21.48, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 32.71, 228.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0818 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.107 220)
XYZ	xyz(35.0266, 43.8827, 75.0169)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEDD #DD7253

analogous

#53DDB7 #53BEDD #5379DD

triadic

#53BEDD #DD53BE #BEDD53

tetradic

#53BEDD #B753DD #DD7253 #79DD53

square

#53BEDD #B753DD #DD7253 #79DD53

split-complementary

#53BEDD #DD5379 #DDB753

monochromatic

#1E7C98 #28A6CB #53BEDD #86D1E7 #B9E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#53BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEDD

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEDD	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 220.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.478,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7513,
    "c": 0.10676,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.43886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEDD

secondary

#E1B7AB

accent

#653EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEDD

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

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