#53BFE5#53BFE5

#53BFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFE5
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -19.57, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 34.26, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0798 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.112 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3353, 44.7539, 80.8370)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFE5 #E57953

analogous

#53E5C2 #53BFE5 #5376E5

triadic

#53BFE5 #E553BF #BFE553

tetradic

#53BFE5 #C253E5 #E57953 #76E553

square

#53BFE5 #C253E5 #E57953 #76E553

split-complementary

#53BFE5 #E55376 #E5C253

monochromatic

#1980A5 #21AADA #53BFE5 #88D3ED #BDE7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53BFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#53BFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFE5

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFE5	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2ed',
    500: '#53bfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfe5;
$custom-light: #92d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFE5

secondary

#E5BDAE

accent

#4310D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFE5

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

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