#53BEDF#53BEDF

#53BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEDF
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -20.88, -25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 33.07, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.081 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.108 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2947, 43.9899, 76.4286)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEDF #DF7453

analogous

#53DFBA #53BEDF #5378DF

triadic

#53BEDF #DF53BE #BEDF53

tetradic

#53BEDF #BA53DF #DF7453 #78DF53

square

#53BEDF #BA53DF #DF7453 #78DF53

split-complementary

#53BEDF #DF5378 #DFBA53

monochromatic

#1D7D9B #26A7CE #53BEDF #87D1E9 #BAE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#53BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEDF

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEDF	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e9',
    500: '#53bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bedf;
$custom-light: #91d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75211,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEDF

secondary

#E2B9AC

accent

#663CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEDF

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

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