#53CBEE#53CBEE

#53CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.117 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBEE
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -22.96, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 35.58, 229.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0886 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.117 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3495, 50.7196, 88.5357)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBEE #EE7653

analogous

#53EEC3 #53CBEE #537EEE

triadic

#53CBEE #EE53CB #CBEE53

tetradic

#53CBEE #C353EE #EE7653 #7EEE53

square

#53CBEE #C353EE #EE7653 #7EEE53

split-complementary

#53CBEE #EE537E #EEC353

monochromatic

#1290B5 #1BBAE8 #53CBEE #8BDCF4 #C2EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#53CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBEE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBEE	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.117 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf3',
    500: '#53cbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbee;
$custom-light: #94dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.548,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBEE

secondary

#B44F31

accent

#3807DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBEE

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

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