#53BFEE#53BFEE

#53BFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFEE
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -16.79, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 36.55, 242.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0766 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.119 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6246, 45.2697, 87.6274)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFEE #EE8253

analogous

#53EED0 #53BFEE #5371EE

triadic

#53BFEE #EE53BF #BFEE53

tetradic

#53BFEE #D053EE #EE8253 #71EE53

square

#53BFEE #D053EE #EE8253 #71EE53

split-complementary

#53BFEE #EE5371 #EED053

monochromatic

#1283B5 #1BAAE8 #53BFEE #8BD4F4 #C2E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53BFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#53BFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFEE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFEE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2f3',
    500: '#53bfee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfee;
$custom-light: #93d2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.194,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76073,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFEE

secondary

#EAC3B2

accent

#4807DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFEE

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

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