#53CBED#53CBED

#53CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.116 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBED
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -23.26, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 35.41, 228.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.089 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.116 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2030, 50.6610, 87.7641)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBED #ED7553

analogous

#53EDC2 #53CBED #537EED

triadic

#53CBED #ED53CB #CBED53

tetradic

#53CBED #C253ED #ED7553 #7EED53

square

#53CBED #C253ED #ED7553 #7EED53

split-complementary

#53CBED #ED537E #EDC253

monochromatic

#1390B3 #1CBAE7 #53CBED #8ADCF3 #C2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#53CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBED

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBED	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.116 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf3',
    500: '#53cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbed;
$custom-light: #93dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78783,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBED

secondary

#B34E31

accent

#3708DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBED

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

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