#53BCE0#53BCE0

#53BCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.109 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE0
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -19.55, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 33.34, 234.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0786 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.109 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9997, 43.1836, 76.9973)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE0 #E07753

analogous

#53E0BD #53BCE0 #5376E0

triadic

#53BCE0 #E053BC #BCE053

tetradic

#53BCE0 #BD53E0 #E07753 #76E053

square

#53BCE0 #BD53E0 #E07753 #76E053

split-complementary

#53BCE0 #E05376 #E0BD53

monochromatic

#1C7C9C #26A5D0 #53BCE0 #87D0E9 #BBE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#53BCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#53BCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE0

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE0	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)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.109 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e9',
    500: '#53bce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce0;
$custom-light: #91d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE0

secondary

#E2BAAC

accent

#4414D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE0

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

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