#53BBE4#53BBE4

#53BBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE4
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -17.80, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 34.37, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0761 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.112 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3356, 42.9774, 79.8170)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE4 #E47C53

analogous

#53E4C5 #53BBE4 #5372E4

triadic

#53BBE4 #E453BB #BBE453

tetradic

#53BBE4 #C553E4 #E47C53 #72E453

square

#53BBE4 #C553E4 #E47C53 #72E453

split-complementary

#53BBE4 #E45372 #E4C553

monochromatic

#1A7CA3 #22A4D8 #53BBE4 #88D0EC #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#53BBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE4	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfec',
    500: '#53bbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe4;
$custom-light: #91cfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.966,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74726,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE4

secondary

#E5BEAE

accent

#4811D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE4

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

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