#53BFE0#53BFE0

#53BFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFE0
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 224)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 14.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -21.09, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 33.23, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0817 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.109 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6472, 44.4787, 77.2132)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFE0 #E07453

analogous

#53E0BB #53BFE0 #5378E0

triadic

#53BFE0 #E053BF #BFE053

tetradic

#53BFE0 #BB53E0 #E07453 #78E053

square

#53BFE0 #BB53E0 #E07453 #78E053

split-complementary

#53BFE0 #E05378 #E0BB53

monochromatic

#1C7E9C #26A8D0 #53BFE0 #87D2E9 #BBE6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#53BFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#53BFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFE0

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFE0	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)

#ABBAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d2e9',
    500: '#53bfe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfe0;
$custom-light: #91d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFE0

secondary

#E2B9AC

accent

#4014D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFE0

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

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