#53BCE9#53BCE9

#53BCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCE9
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -16.78, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 35.58, 241.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0753 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.116 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2527, 43.6848, 83.5964)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCE9 #E98053

analogous

#53E9CB #53BCE9 #5371E9

triadic

#53BCE9 #E953BC #BCE953

tetradic

#53BCE9 #CB53E9 #E98053 #71E953

square

#53BCE9 #CB53E9 #E98053 #71E953

split-complementary

#53BCE9 #E95371 #E9CB53

monochromatic

#167FAC #1DA7E2 #53BCE9 #89D1F0 #C0E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#53BCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#53BCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCE9

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCE9	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0f0',
    500: '#53bce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bce9;
$custom-light: #92d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7517,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCE9

secondary

#E8C1B0

accent

#4A0CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCE9

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

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