#53B0E8#53B0E8

#53B0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0E8
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -10.68, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 37.76, 253.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0635 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.12 238)
XYZ	xyz(33.6525, 38.7124, 82.0270)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0E8 #E88B53

analogous

#53E8D5 #53B0E8 #5366E8

triadic

#53B0E8 #E853B0 #B0E853

tetradic

#53B0E8 #D553E8 #E88B53 #66E853

square

#53B0E8 #D553E8 #E88B53 #66E853

split-complementary

#53B0E8 #E85366 #E8D553

monochromatic

#1773AA #1E97E0 #53B0E8 #89C9EF #BFE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#53B0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0E8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0E8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7ef',
    500: '#53b0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0e8;
$custom-light: #91c7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.55,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72393,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.38716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0E8

secondary

#E7C5B0

accent

#590DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0E8

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

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