#53CDEF#53CDEF

#53CDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.117 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDEF
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -23.67, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 35.74, 228.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0902 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.117 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9722, 51.7292, 89.4700)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDEF #EF7553

analogous

#53EFC3 #53CDEF #537FEF

triadic

#53CDEF #EF53CD #CDEF53

tetradic

#53CDEF #C353EF #EF7553 #7FEF53

square

#53CDEF #C353EF #EF7553 #7FEF53

split-complementary

#53CDEF #EF537F #EFC353

monochromatic

#1193B7 #1BBDEA #53CDEF #8BDDF4 #C3EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#53CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDEF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDEF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.117 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf4',
    500: '#53cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdef;
$custom-light: #94dcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.077,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79324,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDEF

secondary

#B64D30

accent

#3506DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDEF

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

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