#53B0E6#53B0E6

#53B0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0E6
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -11.32, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 37.03, 252.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0641 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.118 237)
XYZ	xyz(33.3700, 38.5994, 80.5394)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0E6 #E68953

analogous

#53E6D3 #53B0E6 #5367E6

triadic

#53B0E6 #E653B0 #B0E653

tetradic

#53B0E6 #D353E6 #E68953 #67E653

square

#53B0E6 #D353E6 #E68953 #67E653

split-complementary

#53B0E6 #E65367 #E6D353

monochromatic

#1872A6 #2097DC #53B0E6 #88C9EE #BEE1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0E6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0E6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7ee',
    500: '#53b0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0e6;
$custom-light: #91c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.723,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0E6

secondary

#E6C3AF

accent

#580FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0E6

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

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