#53CBEB#53CBEB

#53CBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.115 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53CBEB
RGBrgb(83, 203, 235)
HSLhsl(193, 79%, 62%)
HSVhsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.40, -23.87, -25.73)
CIE-LCHlch(76.40, 35.09, 227.15°)
OKLaboklab(78.7% -0.0897 -0.0716)
OKLCHoklch(78.7% 0.115 218.6)
XYZxyz(39.9125, 50.5447, 86.2338)
Luminance0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53CBEB #EB7353
analogous
#53EBBF #53CBEB #537FEB
triadic
#53CBEB #EB53CB #CBEB53
tetradic
#53CBEB #BF53EB #EB7353 #7FEB53
square
#53CBEB #BF53EB #EB7353 #7FEB53
split-complementary
#53CBEB #EB537F #EBBF53
monochromatic
#148FAF #1CBAE5 #53CBEB #8ADCF1 #C1ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#53CBEB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11
#53CBEB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBEB
11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53CBEB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53CBEB1.001.8911.1111.11
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1121.001.001.00
##00000011.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7C6ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1B6EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53cbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.115 218.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf1',
    500: '#53cbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53cbeb;
$custom-light: #93dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53cbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53CBEB
secondary
#B04D32
accent
#360ADB
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FBFE
border
#CFD4D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#53CBEB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva