#53BBE3#53BBE3

#53BBE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.111 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE3
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 227)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -18.11, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 34.12, 237.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0764 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.111 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1972, 42.9220, 79.0880)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE3 #E37B53

analogous

#53E3C3 #53BBE3 #5373E3

triadic

#53BBE3 #E353BB #BBE353

tetradic

#53BBE3 #C353E3 #E37B53 #73E353

square

#53BBE3 #C353E3 #E37B53 #73E353

split-complementary

#53BBE3 #E35373 #E3C353

monochromatic

#1A7CA1 #23A4D6 #53BBE3 #88D0EC #BCE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#53BBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE3

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE3	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.111 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfec',
    500: '#53bbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe3;
$custom-light: #91cfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE3

secondary

#E4BDAE

accent

#4811D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE3

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

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