#53BAF5#53BAF5

#53BAF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BAF5
RGB	rgb(83, 186, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 89%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -11.93, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 39.85, 252.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0692 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.127 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6012, 43.5454, 92.7920)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BAF5 #F58E53

analogous

#53F5DF #53BAF5 #5369F5

triadic

#53BAF5 #F553BA #BAF553

tetradic

#53BAF5 #DF53F5 #F58E53 #69F553

square

#53BAF5 #DF53F5 #F58E53 #69F553

split-complementary

#53BAF5 #F55369 #F5DF53

monochromatic

#0B80C2 #19A3F2 #53BAF5 #8DD1F8 #C7E8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#53BAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BAF5

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BAF5	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB9F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A9F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53baf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 186, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cef8',
    500: '#53baf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53baf5;
$custom-light: #93cef8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53baf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.852,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75253,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BAF5

secondary

#EECAB6

accent

#5400E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BAF5

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

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