#53BAE6#53BAE6

#53BAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE6
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -16.66, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 35.03, 241.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0743 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.114 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4035, 42.6663, 81.2172)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE6 #E67F53

analogous

#53E6C9 #53BAE6 #5371E6

triadic

#53BAE6 #E653BA #BAE653

tetradic

#53BAE6 #C953E6 #E67F53 #71E653

square

#53BAE6 #C953E6 #E67F53 #71E653

split-complementary

#53BAE6 #E65371 #E6C953

monochromatic

#187CA6 #20A4DC #53BAE6 #88CFEE #BEE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53BAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceee',
    500: '#53bae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae6;
$custom-light: #92ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.959,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74583,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE6

secondary

#E6BFAF

accent

#4B0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE6

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

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