#53BBE6#53BBE6

#53BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE6
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -17.18, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 34.90, 240.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0754 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.114 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6149, 43.0891, 81.2877)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE6 #E67E53

analogous

#53E6C8 #53BBE6 #5372E6

triadic

#53BBE6 #E653BB #BBE653

tetradic

#53BBE6 #C853E6 #E67E53 #72E653

square

#53BBE6 #C853E6 #E67E53 #72E653

split-complementary

#53BBE6 #E65372 #E6C853

monochromatic

#187DA6 #20A5DC #53BBE6 #88D0EE #BEE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#53BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE6

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE6	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfee',
    500: '#53bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe6;
$custom-light: #92cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74812,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE6

secondary

#E6BFAF

accent

#490FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE6

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

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