#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
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 225)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -18.20, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 33.72, 237.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0761 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.11 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7114, 42.3895, 77.5722)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53BAE1	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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