#53B0EA#53B0EA

#53B0EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B0EA
RGB	rgb(83, 176, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 24.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -10.04, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 38.51, 254.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0628 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.122 239)
XYZ	xyz(33.9382, 38.8267, 83.5317)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B0EA #EA8D53

analogous

#53EAD8 #53B0EA #5365EA

triadic

#53B0EA #EA53B0 #B0EA53

tetradic

#53B0EA #D853EA #EA8D53 #65EA53

square

#53B0EA #D853EA #EA8D53 #65EA53

split-complementary

#53B0EA #EA5365 #EAD853

monochromatic

#1573AD #1C97E3 #53B0EA #8AC9F1 #C0E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#53B0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B0EA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B0EA	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 176, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7f1',
    500: '#53b0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b0ea;
$custom-light: #92c7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.046,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72486,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.3883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B0EA

secondary

#E8C6B1

accent

#5B0BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B0EA

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

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