#53BAE2#53BAE2

#53BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.111 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE2
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -17.90, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 33.97, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0758 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.111 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8482, 42.4442, 78.2928)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE2 #E27B53

analogous

#53E2C2 #53BAE2 #5372E2

triadic

#53BAE2 #E253BA #BAE253

tetradic

#53BAE2 #C253E2 #E27B53 #72E253

square

#53BAE2 #C253E2 #E27B53 #72E253

split-complementary

#53BAE2 #E25372 #E2C253

monochromatic

#1B7BA0 #24A3D4 #53BAE2 #87CFEB #BCE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#53BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE2

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE2	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.111 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceeb',
    500: '#53bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae2;
$custom-light: #91ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74411,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE2

secondary

#E4BCAD

accent

#4812D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE2

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

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