#53CBE3#53CBE3

#53CBE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.111 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBE3
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -26.24, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 34.14, 219.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0928 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.111 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7826, 50.0928, 80.2831)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBE3 #E36B53

analogous

#53E3B3 #53CBE3 #5383E3

triadic

#53CBE3 #E353CB #CBE353

tetradic

#53CBE3 #B353E3 #E36B53 #83E353

square

#53CBE3 #B353E3 #E36B53 #83E353

split-complementary

#53CBE3 #E35383 #E3B353

monochromatic

#1A8BA1 #23B8D6 #53CBE3 #88DBEC #BCEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#53CBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#53CBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBE3

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBE3	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.111 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbeb',
    500: '#53cbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbe3;
$custom-light: #92dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78389,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBE3

secondary

#A44836

accent

#3211D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBE3

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

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