#53BEE5#53BEE5

#53BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEE5
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -19.05, -28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 34.33, 236.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0788 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.112 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1180, 44.3193, 80.7646)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEE5 #E57A53

analogous

#53E5C3 #53BEE5 #5375E5

triadic

#53BEE5 #E553BE #BEE553

tetradic

#53BEE5 #C353E5 #E57A53 #75E553

square

#53BEE5 #C353E5 #E57A53 #75E553

split-complementary

#53BEE5 #E55375 #E5C353

monochromatic

#197FA5 #21A8DA #53BEE5 #88D2ED #BDE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#53BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEE5

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEE5	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ed',
    500: '#53bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bee5;
$custom-light: #92d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75459,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEE5

secondary

#E5BDAE

accent

#4510D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEE5

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

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