#53BBE7#53BBE7

#53BBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE7
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -16.87, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 35.17, 241.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.075 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.114 229)
XYZ	xyz(35.7557, 43.1454, 82.0293)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE7 #E77F53

analogous

#53E7C9 #53BBE7 #5371E7

triadic

#53BBE7 #E753BB #BBE753

tetradic

#53BBE7 #C953E7 #E77F53 #71E753

square

#53BBE7 #C953E7 #E77F53 #71E753

split-complementary

#53BBE7 #E75371 #E7C953

monochromatic

#177DA8 #1FA5DE #53BBE7 #89D0EE #BEE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#53BBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE7

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE7	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfee',
    500: '#53bbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe7;
$custom-light: #92cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.838,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74855,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.43149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE7

secondary

#E6C0AF

accent

#4A0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE7

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

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