#53BEE8#53BEE8

#53BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEE8
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -18.13, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 35.06, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0777 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.114 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5404, 44.4883, 82.9896)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEE8 #E87D53

analogous

#53E8C8 #53BEE8 #5374E8

triadic

#53BEE8 #E853BE #BEE853

tetradic

#53BEE8 #C853E8 #E87D53 #74E853

square

#53BEE8 #C853E8 #E87D53 #74E853

split-complementary

#53BEE8 #E85374 #E8C853

monochromatic

#1780AA #1EA9E0 #53BEE8 #89D2EF #BFE7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#53BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEE8

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEE8	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ef',
    500: '#53bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bee8;
$custom-light: #92d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEE8

secondary

#E7BFB0

accent

#460DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEE8

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

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