#53BCE7#53BCE7

#53BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.114 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE7
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -17.40, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 35.04, 240.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.076 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.114 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9686, 43.5712, 82.1003)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE7 #E77E53

analogous

#53E7C8 #53BCE7 #5372E7

triadic

#53BCE7 #E753BC #BCE753

tetradic

#53BCE7 #C853E7 #E77E53 #72E753

square

#53BCE7 #C853E7 #E77E53 #72E753

split-complementary

#53BCE7 #E75372 #E7C853

monochromatic

#177EA8 #1FA6DE #53BCE7 #89D1EE #BEE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#53BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE7

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE7	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.114 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ee',
    500: '#53bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce7;
$custom-light: #92d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75084,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE7

secondary

#E6BFAF

accent

#480ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE7

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

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