#53CDED#53CDED

#53CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.116 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDED
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -24.27, -25.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 35.43, 226.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.091 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.116 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6784, 51.6117, 87.9226)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDED #ED7353

analogous

#53EDC0 #53CDED #5380ED

triadic

#53CDED #ED53CD #CDED53

tetradic

#53CDED #C053ED #ED7353 #80ED53

square

#53CDED #C053ED #ED7353 #80ED53

split-complementary

#53CDED #ED5380 #EDC053

monochromatic

#1392B3 #1CBDE7 #53CDED #8ADDF3 #C2EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#53CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDED

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDED	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.116 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf3',
    500: '#53cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cded;
$custom-light: #94dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.468,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDED

secondary

#B34C31

accent

#3408DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDED

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

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