#53CDE8#53CDE8

#53CDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.113 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53CDE8
RGBrgb(83, 205, 232)
HSLhsl(191, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(191, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(64.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.87, -25.76, -23.39)
CIE-LCHlch(76.87, 34.80, 222.25°)
OKLaboklab(79.05% -0.0929 -0.065)
OKLCHoklch(79.05% 0.113 215)
XYZxyz(39.9581, 51.3235, 84.1289)
Luminance0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53CDE8 #E86E53
analogous
#53E8B8 #53CDE8 #5383E8
triadic
#53CDE8 #E853CD #CDE853
tetradic
#53CDE8 #B853E8 #E86E53 #83E853
square
#53CDE8 #B853E8 #E86E53 #83E853
split-complementary
#53CDE8 #E85383 #E8B853
monochromatic
#178FAA #1EBDE0 #53CDE8 #89DDEF #BFECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#53CDE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27
#53CDE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE8
11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53CDE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53CDE81.001.8611.2711.27
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2721.001.001.00
##00000011.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAC7EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4B7E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53cde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.113 215.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcef',
    500: '#53cde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53cde8;
$custom-light: #93dcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53cde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79047,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.51328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53CDE8
secondary
#AB4A34
accent
#320DD9
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE8

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#53CDE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva