#53BCE4#53BCE4

#53BCE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE4
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -18.32, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 34.27, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0771 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.112 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5485, 43.4032, 79.8879)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE4 #E47B53

analogous

#53E4C3 #53BCE4 #5373E4

triadic

#53BCE4 #E453BC #BCE453

tetradic

#53BCE4 #C353E4 #E47B53 #73E453

square

#53BCE4 #C353E4 #E47B53 #73E453

split-complementary

#53BCE4 #E45373 #E4C353

monochromatic

#1A7DA3 #22A6D8 #53BCE4 #88D1EC #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#53BCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE4

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE4	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)

#A6B9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ec',
    500: '#53bce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce4;
$custom-light: #92d0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74956,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE4

secondary

#E5BDAE

accent

#4711D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE4

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

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