#53B1E6#53B1E6

#53B1E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1E6
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -11.86, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 36.78, 251.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0652 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.117 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5668, 38.9930, 80.6050)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1E6 #E68853

analogous

#53E6D2 #53B1E6 #5368E6

triadic

#53B1E6 #E653B1 #B1E653

tetradic

#53B1E6 #D253E6 #E68853 #68E653

square

#53B1E6 #D253E6 #E68853 #68E653

split-complementary

#53B1E6 #E65368 #E6D253

monochromatic

#1873A6 #2098DC #53B1E6 #88C9EE #BEE1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#53B1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#53B1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1E6

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1E6	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8ee',
    500: '#53b1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1e6;
$custom-light: #91c8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.633,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1E6

secondary

#E6C3AF

accent

#570FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1E6

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

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