#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
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -23.87, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 35.09, 227.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0897 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.115 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9125, 50.5447, 86.2338)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53CBEB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53CBEB

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

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