#53BBE8#53BBE8

#53BBE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.115 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBE8
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -16.56, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 35.45, 242.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0747 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.115 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8973, 43.2021, 82.7753)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBE8 #E88053

analogous

#53E8CB #53BBE8 #5371E8

triadic

#53BBE8 #E853BB #BBE853

tetradic

#53BBE8 #CB53E8 #E88053 #71E853

square

#53BBE8 #CB53E8 #E88053 #71E853

split-complementary

#53BBE8 #E85371 #E8CB53

monochromatic

#177DAA #1EA5E0 #53BBE8 #89D0EF #BFE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BBE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#53BBE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBE8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBE8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.115 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfef',
    500: '#53bbe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbe8;
$custom-light: #92cfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.121,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74898,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBE8

secondary

#E7C0B0

accent

#4A0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBE8

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

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