#53B1E8#53B1E8

#53B1E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B1E8
RGB	rgb(83, 177, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -11.23, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 37.50, 252.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0645 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.119 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8493, 39.1060, 82.0926)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B1E8 #E88A53

analogous

#53E8D5 #53B1E8 #5367E8

triadic

#53B1E8 #E853B1 #B1E853

tetradic

#53B1E8 #D553E8 #E88A53 #67E853

square

#53B1E8 #D553E8 #E88A53 #67E853

split-complementary

#53B1E8 #E85367 #E8D553

monochromatic

#1774AA #1E98E0 #53B1E8 #89C9EF #BFE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#53B1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#53B1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B1E8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B1E8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 177, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8ef',
    500: '#53b1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b1e8;
$custom-light: #91c8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.148,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72619,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B1E8

secondary

#E7C4B0

accent

#580DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B1E8

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

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