#53CDE9#53CDE9

#53CDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.114 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDE9
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -25.46, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 34.91, 223.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0925 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.114 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1005, 51.3805, 84.8791)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDE9 #E96F53

analogous

#53E9BA #53CDE9 #5382E9

triadic

#53CDE9 #E953CD #CDE953

tetradic

#53CDE9 #BA53E9 #E96F53 #82E953

square

#53CDE9 #BA53E9 #E96F53 #82E953

split-complementary

#53CDE9 #E95382 #E9BA53

monochromatic

#1690AC #1DBDE2 #53CDE9 #89DDF0 #C0EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#53CDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDE9

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDE9	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.114 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcf0',
    500: '#53cde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cde9;
$custom-light: #93dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79086,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDE9

secondary

#AD4A33

accent

#320CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDE9

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

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