#53BFEF#53BFEF

#53BFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BFEF
RGB	rgb(83, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -16.48, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 36.84, 243.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0762 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.12 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7719, 45.3286, 88.4033)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BFEF #EF8353

analogous

#53EFD1 #53BFEF #5371EF

triadic

#53BFEF #EF53BF #BFEF53

tetradic

#53BFEF #D153EF #EF8353 #71EF53

square

#53BFEF #D153EF #EF8353 #71EF53

split-complementary

#53BFEF #EF5371 #EFD153

monochromatic

#1184B7 #1BAAEA #53BFEF #8BD4F4 #C3E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#53BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BFEF

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BFEF	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2f4',
    500: '#53bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bfef;
$custom-light: #93d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76117,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BFEF

secondary

#EBC4B3

accent

#4906DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BFEF

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

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