#53BCEB#53BCEB

#53BCEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCEB
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -16.15, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 36.16, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0746 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.117 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5400, 43.7997, 85.1096)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCEB #EB8253

analogous

#53EBCE #53BCEB #5370EB

triadic

#53BCEB #EB53BC #BCEB53

tetradic

#53BCEB #CE53EB #EB8253 #70EB53

square

#53BCEB #CE53EB #EB8253 #70EB53

split-complementary

#53BCEB #EB5370 #EBCE53

monochromatic

#147FAF #1CA7E5 #53BCEB #8AD1F1 #C1E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#53BCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#53BCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCEB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCEB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0f1',
    500: '#53bceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bceb;
$custom-light: #92d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.553,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCEB

secondary

#E9C2B1

accent

#4B0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCEB

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

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