#53BFE3#53BFE3

#53BFE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFE3
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 227)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -20.18, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 33.82, 233.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0805 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.111 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0577, 44.6429, 79.3748)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFE3 #E37753

analogous

#53E3BF #53BFE3 #5377E3

triadic

#53BFE3 #E353BF #BFE353

tetradic

#53BFE3 #BF53E3 #E37753 #77E353

square

#53BFE3 #BF53E3 #E37753 #77E353

split-complementary

#53BFE3 #E35377 #E3BF53

monochromatic

#1A80A1 #23A9D6 #53BFE3 #88D3EC #BCE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53BFE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#53BFE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFE3

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFE3	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2ec',
    500: '#53bfe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfe3;
$custom-light: #92d2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFE3

secondary

#E4BBAE

accent

#4211D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFE3

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

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