#53BEE0#53BEE0

#53BEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEE0
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -20.58, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 33.26, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0806 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.109 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4299, 44.0440, 77.1407)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEE0 #E07553

analogous

#53E0BB #53BEE0 #5377E0

triadic

#53BEE0 #E053BE #BEE053

tetradic

#53BEE0 #BB53E0 #E07553 #77E053

square

#53BEE0 #BB53E0 #E07553 #77E053

split-complementary

#53BEE0 #E05377 #E0BB53

monochromatic

#1C7D9C #26A7D0 #53BEE0 #87D2E9 #BBE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#53BEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#53BEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEE0

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEE0	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e9',
    500: '#53bee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bee0;
$custom-light: #91d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.468,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75252,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEE0

secondary

#E2B9AC

accent

#4214D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEE0

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

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