#53BCE6#53BCE6

#53BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE6
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -17.71, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 34.78, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0764 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.113 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8278, 43.5149, 81.3586)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE6 #E67D53

analogous

#53E6C7 #53BCE6 #5373E6

triadic

#53BCE6 #E653BC #BCE653

tetradic

#53BCE6 #C753E6 #E67D53 #73E653

square

#53BCE6 #C753E6 #E67D53 #73E653

split-complementary

#53BCE6 #E65373 #E6C753

monochromatic

#187EA6 #20A6DC #53BCE6 #88D1EE #BEE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#53BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE6

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE6	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ee',
    500: '#53bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce6;
$custom-light: #92d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE6

secondary

#E6BFAF

accent

#480FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE6

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

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