#53BBE0#53BBE0

#53BBE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE0
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -19.03, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 33.41, 235.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0775 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.109 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7868, 42.7579, 76.9264)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE0 #E07853

analogous

#53E0BF #53BBE0 #5374E0

triadic

#53BBE0 #E053BB #BBE053

tetradic

#53BBE0 #BF53E0 #E07853 #74E053

square

#53BBE0 #BF53E0 #E07853 #74E053

split-complementary

#53BBE0 #E05374 #E0BF53

monochromatic

#1C7B9C #26A3D0 #53BBE0 #87CFE9 #BBE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53BBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#53BBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE0	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)

#A6B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe9',
    500: '#53bbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe0;
$custom-light: #91cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE0

secondary

#E2BBAC

accent

#4614D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE0

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

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