#53CDEE#53CDEE

#53CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDEE
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -23.97, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 35.58, 227.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0906 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.117 219)
XYZ	xyz(40.8249, 51.6703, 88.6942)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDEE #EE7453

analogous

#53EEC1 #53CDEE #537FEE

triadic

#53CDEE #EE53CD #CDEE53

tetradic

#53CDEE #C153EE #EE7453 #7FEE53

square

#53CDEE #C153EE #EE7453 #7FEE53

split-complementary

#53CDEE #EE537F #EEC153

monochromatic

#1292B5 #1BBDE8 #53CDEE #8BDDF4 #C2EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#53CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDEE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDEE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 219.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.774,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.11651,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.51675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDEE

secondary

#B44D31

accent

#3507DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDEE

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

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