#53BCE3#53BCE3

#53BCE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.111 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE3
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -18.63, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 34.03, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0775 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.111 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4101, 43.3478, 79.1590)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE3 #E37A53

analogous

#53E3C2 #53BCE3 #5374E3

triadic

#53BCE3 #E353BC #BCE353

tetradic

#53BCE3 #C253E3 #E37A53 #74E353

square

#53BCE3 #C253E3 #E37A53 #74E353

split-complementary

#53BCE3 #E35374 #E3C253

monochromatic

#1A7DA1 #23A5D6 #53BCE3 #88D1EC #BCE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#53BCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE3

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE3	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.111 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ec',
    500: '#53bce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce3;
$custom-light: #91d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE3

secondary

#E4BCAE

accent

#4611D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE3

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

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