#53BEEC#53BEEC

#53BEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BEEC
RGB	rgb(83, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -16.89, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 36.14, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0763 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.118 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1151, 44.7181, 86.0161)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BEEC #EC8153

analogous

#53ECCD #53BEEC #5372EC

triadic

#53BEEC #EC53BE #BEEC53

tetradic

#53BEEC #CD53EC #EC8153 #72EC53

square

#53BEEC #CD53EC #EC8153 #72EC53

split-complementary

#53BEEC #EC5372 #ECCD53

monochromatic

#1482B1 #1CA9E6 #53BEEC #8AD3F2 #C1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#53BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BEEC

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BEEC	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1f2',
    500: '#53beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53beec;
$custom-light: #93d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.039,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.11751,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BEEC

secondary

#E9C2B2

accent

#4909DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BEEC

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

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