#53BAE8#53BAE8

#53BAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.115 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAE8
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -16.04, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 35.60, 243.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0736 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.115 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6859, 42.7793, 82.7048)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAE8 #E88153

analogous

#53E8CB #53BAE8 #5370E8

triadic

#53BAE8 #E853BA #BAE853

tetradic

#53BAE8 #CB53E8 #E88153 #70E853

square

#53BAE8 #CB53E8 #E88153 #70E853

split-complementary

#53BAE8 #E85370 #E8CB53

monochromatic

#177CAA #1EA4E0 #53BAE8 #89D0EF #BFE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#53BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAE8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAE8	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.115 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceef',
    500: '#53bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bae8;
$custom-light: #92ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.523,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74669,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAE8

secondary

#E7C1B0

accent

#4C0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAE8

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

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