#53BEDE#53BEDE

#53BEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEDE
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -21.18, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 32.88, 229.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0814 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.107 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1602, 43.9362, 75.7206)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEDE #DE7353

analogous

#53DEB9 #53BEDE #5379DE

triadic

#53BEDE #DE53BE #BEDE53

tetradic

#53BEDE #B953DE #DE7353 #79DE53

square

#53BEDE #B953DE #DE7353 #79DE53

split-complementary

#53BEDE #DE5379 #DEB953

monochromatic

#1D7D99 #27A6CD #53BEDE #86D1E8 #BAE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#53BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEDE

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEDE	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e8',
    500: '#53bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bede;
$custom-light: #91d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.813,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7517,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEDE

secondary

#E1B8AC

accent

#653DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEDE

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

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