#53BAE3#53BAE3

#53BAE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE3
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -17.59, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 34.23, 239.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0754 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.111 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9858, 42.4992, 79.0175)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE3 #E37C53

analogous

#53E3C4 #53BAE3 #5372E3

triadic

#53BAE3 #E353BA #BAE353

tetradic

#53BAE3 #C453E3 #E37C53 #72E353

square

#53BAE3 #C453E3 #E37C53 #72E353

split-complementary

#53BAE3 #E35372 #E3C453

monochromatic

#1A7BA1 #23A3D6 #53BAE3 #88CFEC #BCE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#53BAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceec',
    500: '#53bae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae3;
$custom-light: #91ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74454,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE3

secondary

#E4BDAE

accent

#4911D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE3

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

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