#53BBEE#53BBEE

#53BBEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BBEE
RGB	rgb(83, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -14.69, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 37.25, 246.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0726 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.12 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7642, 43.5488, 87.3406)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BBEE #EE8653

analogous

#53EED4 #53BBEE #536DEE

triadic

#53BBEE #EE53BB #BBEE53

tetradic

#53BBEE #D453EE #EE8653 #6DEE53

square

#53BBEE #D453EE #EE8653 #6DEE53

split-complementary

#53BBEE #EE536D #EED453

monochromatic

#127FB5 #1BA5E8 #53BBEE #8BD1F4 #C2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#53BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BBEE

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BBEE	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cff3',
    500: '#53bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bbee;
$custom-light: #93cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.742,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75162,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BBEE

secondary

#EAC5B2

accent

#4E07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BBEE

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

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