#53BCE5#53BCE5

#53BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE5
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -18.02, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 34.52, 238.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0767 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.113 227)
XYZ	xyz(35.6877, 43.4589, 80.6212)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE5 #E57C53

analogous

#53E5C5 #53BCE5 #5373E5

triadic

#53BCE5 #E553BC #BCE553

tetradic

#53BCE5 #C553E5 #E57C53 #73E553

square

#53BCE5 #C553E5 #E57C53 #73E553

split-complementary

#53BCE5 #E55373 #E5C553

monochromatic

#197DA5 #21A6DA #53BCE5 #88D1ED #BDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#53BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE5

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE5	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ed',
    500: '#53bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce5;
$custom-light: #92d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.849,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.43463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE5

secondary

#E5BEAE

accent

#4710D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE5

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

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