#53BAE1#53BAE1

#53BAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.110 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53BAE1
RGBrgb(83, 186, 225)
HSLhsl(196, 70%, 60%)
HSVhsv(196, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.14, -18.20, -28.39)
CIE-LCHlch(71.14, 33.72, 237.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.37% -0.0761 -0.0792)
OKLCHoklch(74.37% 0.11 226.1)
XYZxyz(34.7114, 42.3895, 77.5722)
Luminance0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53BAE1 #E17A53
analogous
#53E1C1 #53BAE1 #5373E1
triadic
#53BAE1 #E153BA #BAE153
tetradic
#53BAE1 #C153E1 #E17A53 #73E153
square
#53BAE1 #C153E1 #E17A53 #73E153
split-complementary
#53BAE1 #E15373 #E1C153
monochromatic
#1C7A9E #25A2D2 #53BAE1 #87CFEA #BBE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#53BAE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48
#53BAE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE1
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53BAE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53BAE11.002.229.489.48
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4821.001.001.00
##0000009.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5B7E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#91A8E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53bae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.110 226.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceea',
    500: '#53bae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53bae1;
$custom-light: #91ceea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53bae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74369,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53BAE1
secondary
#E3BCAD
accent
#4813D2
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE1

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#53BAE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva