#53BEE4#53BEE4

#53BEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEE4
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -19.36, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 34.10, 235.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0792 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.111 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9787, 44.2636, 80.0313)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEE4 #E47953

analogous

#53E4C1 #53BEE4 #5375E4

triadic

#53BEE4 #E453BE #BEE453

tetradic

#53BEE4 #C153E4 #E47953 #75E453

square

#53BEE4 #C153E4 #E47953 #75E453

split-complementary

#53BEE4 #E45375 #E4C153

monochromatic

#1A7FA3 #22A8D8 #53BEE4 #88D2EC #BDE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#53BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEE4

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEE4	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ec',
    500: '#53bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bee4;
$custom-light: #92d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75417,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEE4

secondary

#E5BCAE

accent

#4411D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEE4

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

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