#53BBE5#53BBE5

#53BBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE5
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -17.49, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 34.63, 239.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0757 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.113 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4749, 43.0331, 80.5502)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE5 #E57D53

analogous

#53E5C6 #53BBE5 #5372E5

triadic

#53BBE5 #E553BB #BBE553

tetradic

#53BBE5 #C653E5 #E57D53 #72E553

square

#53BBE5 #C653E5 #E57D53 #72E553

split-complementary

#53BBE5 #E55372 #E5C653

monochromatic

#197CA5 #21A5DA #53BBE5 #88D0ED #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53BBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#53BBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE5

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE5	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfed',
    500: '#53bbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe5;
$custom-light: #92cfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74769,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE5

secondary

#E5BEAE

accent

#4910D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE5

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

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