#53BCE8#53BCE8

#53BCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE8
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -17.09, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 35.31, 241.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0757 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.115 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1102, 43.6278, 82.8462)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE8 #E87F53

analogous

#53E8C9 #53BCE8 #5372E8

triadic

#53BCE8 #E853BC #BCE853

tetradic

#53BCE8 #C953E8 #E87F53 #72E853

square

#53BCE8 #C953E8 #E87F53 #72E853

split-complementary

#53BCE8 #E85372 #E8C953

monochromatic

#177EAA #1EA7E0 #53BCE8 #89D1EF #BFE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#53BCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE8

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE8	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0ef',
    500: '#53bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce8;
$custom-light: #92d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75127,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE8

secondary

#E7C0B0

accent

#490DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE8

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

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