#53BCEE#53BCEE

#53BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BCEE
RGB	rgb(83, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -15.21, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 37.06, 245.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0736 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.12 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9771, 43.9746, 87.4115)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BCEE #EE8553

analogous

#53EED3 #53BCEE #536EEE

triadic

#53BCEE #EE53BC #BCEE53

tetradic

#53BCEE #D353EE #EE8553 #6EEE53

square

#53BCEE #D353EE #EE8553 #6EEE53

split-complementary

#53BCEE #EE536E #EED353

monochromatic

#1280B5 #1BA6E8 #53BCEE #8BD2F4 #C2E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#53BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BCEE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BCEE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0f3',
    500: '#53bcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bcee;
$custom-light: #93d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BCEE

secondary

#EAC4B2

accent

#4D07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BCEE

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

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