#53BAE7#53BAE7

#53BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.115 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE7
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -16.35, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 35.31, 242.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.074 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.115 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5443, 42.7226, 81.9589)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE7 #E78053

analogous

#53E7CA #53BAE7 #5370E7

triadic

#53BAE7 #E753BA #BAE753

tetradic

#53BAE7 #CA53E7 #E78053 #70E753

square

#53BAE7 #CA53E7 #E78053 #70E753

split-complementary

#53BAE7 #E75370 #E7CA53

monochromatic

#177CA8 #1FA4DE #53BAE7 #89D0EE #BEE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#53BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE7

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE7	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.115 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceee',
    500: '#53bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae7;
$custom-light: #92ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74626,
    "c": 0.11464,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE7

secondary

#E6C0AF

accent

#4B0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE7

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

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