#53BBEB#53BBEB

#53BBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBEB
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -15.63, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 36.32, 244.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0736 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.118 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3271, 43.3740, 85.0387)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBEB #EB8353

analogous

#53EBCF #53BBEB #536FEB

triadic

#53BBEB #EB53BB #BBEB53

tetradic

#53BBEB #CF53EB #EB8353 #6FEB53

square

#53BBEB #CF53EB #EB8353 #6FEB53

split-complementary

#53BBEB #EB536F #EBCF53

monochromatic

#147EAF #1CA5E5 #53BBEB #8AD1F1 #C1E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#53BBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBEB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBEB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cff1',
    500: '#53bbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbeb;
$custom-light: #92cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75029,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBEB

secondary

#E9C3B1

accent

#4C0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBEB

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

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