#53BFE7#53BFE7

#53BFE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFE7
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 231)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -18.96, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 34.72, 236.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0791 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.113 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6161, 44.8663, 82.3162)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFE7 #E77B53

analogous

#53E7C5 #53BFE7 #5375E7

triadic

#53BFE7 #E753BF #BFE753

tetradic

#53BFE7 #C553E7 #E77B53 #75E753

square

#53BFE7 #C553E7 #E77B53 #75E753

split-complementary

#53BFE7 #E75375 #E7C553

monochromatic

#1781A8 #1FAADE #53BFE7 #89D3EE #BEE7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#53BFE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#53BFE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFE7

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFE7	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2ee',
    500: '#53bfe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfe7;
$custom-light: #92d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75773,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFE7

secondary

#E6BEAF

accent

#440ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFE7

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

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