#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
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -25.76, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 34.80, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0929 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.113 215)
XYZ	xyz(39.9581, 51.3235, 84.1289)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53CDE8	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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