#53CDEB#53CDEB

#53CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.115 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDEB
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -24.87, -24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 35.15, 224.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0917 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.115 217)
XYZ	xyz(40.3878, 51.4954, 86.3923)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDEB #EB7153

analogous

#53EBBD #53CDEB #5381EB

triadic

#53CDEB #EB53CD #CDEB53

tetradic

#53CDEB #BD53EB #EB7153 #81EB53

square

#53CDEB #BD53EB #EB7153 #81EB53

split-complementary

#53CDEB #EB5381 #EBBD53

monochromatic

#1491AF #1CBDE5 #53CDEB #8ADDF1 #C1EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#53CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDEB

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDEB	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.115 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcf1',
    500: '#53cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdeb;
$custom-light: #93dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79165,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDEB

secondary

#B04B32

accent

#330ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDEB

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

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