#53BEE6#53BEE6

#53BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEE6
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -18.75, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 34.57, 237.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0784 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.113 226)
XYZ	xyz(36.2580, 44.3753, 81.5020)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEE6 #E67B53

analogous

#53E6C5 #53BEE6 #5375E6

triadic

#53BEE6 #E653BE #BEE653

tetradic

#53BEE6 #C553E6 #E67B53 #75E653

square

#53BEE6 #C553E6 #E67B53 #75E653

split-complementary

#53BEE6 #E65375 #E6C553

monochromatic

#1880A6 #20A9DC #53BEE6 #88D2EE #BEE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#53BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#53BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEE6

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEE6	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ee',
    500: '#53bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bee6;
$custom-light: #92d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.44379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEE6

secondary

#E6BEAF

accent

#450FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEE6

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

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