#53BCE2#53BCE2

#53BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE2
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -18.94, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 33.79, 235.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0778 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.11 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2725, 43.2928, 78.4342)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE2 #E27953

analogous

#53E2C0 #53BCE2 #5374E2

triadic

#53BCE2 #E253BC #BCE253

tetradic

#53BCE2 #C053E2 #E27953 #74E253

square

#53BCE2 #C053E2 #E27953 #74E253

split-complementary

#53BCE2 #E25374 #E2C053

monochromatic

#1B7CA0 #24A5D4 #53BCE2 #87D0EB #BCE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#53BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE2	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0eb',
    500: '#53bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce2;
$custom-light: #91d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE2

secondary

#E4BCAD

accent

#4612D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE2

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

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