#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
RGBrgb(83, 205, 239)
HSLhsl(193, 83%, 63%)
HSVhsv(193, 65%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.12, -23.67, -26.78)
CIE-LCHlch(77.12, 35.74, 228.53°)
OKLaboklab(79.32% -0.0902 -0.0746)
OKLCHoklch(79.32% 0.117 219.6)
XYZxyz(40.9722, 51.7292, 89.4700)
Luminance0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##53CDEF1.001.8511.3511.35
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3521.001.001.00
##00000011.3521.001.001.00

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

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#53CDEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva