#53BAE4#53BAE4

#53BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.112 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE4
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -17.28, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 34.49, 239.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0751 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.112 228)
XYZ	xyz(35.1242, 42.5546, 79.7465)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE4 #E47D53

analogous

#53E4C5 #53BAE4 #5371E4

triadic

#53BAE4 #E453BA #BAE453

tetradic

#53BAE4 #C553E4 #E47D53 #71E453

square

#53BAE4 #C553E4 #E47D53 #71E453

split-complementary

#53BAE4 #E45371 #E4C553

monochromatic

#1A7BA3 #22A3D8 #53BAE4 #88CFEC #BDE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.112 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceec',
    500: '#53bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae4;
$custom-light: #91ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.42558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE4

secondary

#E5BEAE

accent

#4911D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE4

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

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