#53BAE5#53BAE5

#53BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.113 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE5
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -16.97, -30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 34.76, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0747 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.113 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2635, 42.6103, 80.4797)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE5 #E57E53

analogous

#53E5C7 #53BAE5 #5371E5

triadic

#53BAE5 #E553BA #BAE553

tetradic

#53BAE5 #C753E5 #E57E53 #71E553

square

#53BAE5 #C753E5 #E57E53 #71E553

split-complementary

#53BAE5 #E55371 #E5C753

monochromatic

#197CA5 #21A3DA #53BAE5 #88CFED #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#53BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE5	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.113 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceed',
    500: '#53bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae5;
$custom-light: #92ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE5

secondary

#E5BFAE

accent

#4A10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE5

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

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