#53BFE6#53BFE6

#53BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFE6
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -19.27, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 34.48, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0795 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.113 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4753, 44.8099, 81.5745)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFE6 #E67A53

analogous

#53E6C3 #53BFE6 #5376E6

triadic

#53BFE6 #E653BF #BFE653

tetradic

#53BFE6 #C353E6 #E67A53 #76E653

square

#53BFE6 #C353E6 #E67A53 #76E653

split-complementary

#53BFE6 #E65376 #E6C353

monochromatic

#1881A6 #20AADC #53BFE6 #88D3EE #BEE7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#53BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFE6

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFE6	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2ee',
    500: '#53bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfe6;
$custom-light: #92d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75731,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFE6

secondary

#E6BEAF

accent

#440FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFE6

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

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