#53B1E0#53B1E0

#53B1E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1E0
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 21%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -13.76, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 34.74, 246.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0672 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.112 233)
XYZ	xyz(32.7387, 38.6618, 76.2437)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1E0 #E08253

analogous

#53E0C8 #53B1E0 #536AE0

triadic

#53B1E0 #E053B1 #B1E053

tetradic

#53B1E0 #C853E0 #E08253 #6AE053

square

#53B1E0 #C853E0 #E08253 #6AE053

split-complementary

#53B1E0 #E0536A #E0C853

monochromatic

#1C729C #2697D0 #53B1E0 #87C9E9 #BBE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#53B1E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#53B1E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1E0

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1E0	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8e9',
    500: '#53b1e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1e0;
$custom-light: #90c8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.38665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1E0

secondary

#E2BEAC

accent

#5314D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1E0

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

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