#53BBE2#53BBE2

#53BBE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.110 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE2
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -18.42, -28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 33.87, 237.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0768 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.11 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0596, 42.8670, 78.3632)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE2 #E27A53

analogous

#53E2C2 #53BBE2 #5373E2

triadic

#53BBE2 #E253BB #BBE253

tetradic

#53BBE2 #C253E2 #E27A53 #73E253

square

#53BBE2 #C253E2 #E27A53 #73E253

split-complementary

#53BBE2 #E25373 #E2C253

monochromatic

#1B7BA0 #24A4D4 #53BBE2 #87D0EB #BCE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#53BBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE2	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.110 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfeb',
    500: '#53bbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe2;
$custom-light: #91cfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE2

secondary

#E4BCAD

accent

#4712D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE2

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

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