#53B2E0#53B2E0

#53B2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2E0
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -14.29, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 34.55, 245.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0682 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.111 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9370, 39.0582, 76.3097)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2E0 #E08153

analogous

#53E0C7 #53B2E0 #536CE0

triadic

#53B2E0 #E053B2 #B2E053

tetradic

#53B2E0 #C753E0 #E08153 #6CE053

square

#53B2E0 #C753E0 #E08153 #6CE053

split-complementary

#53B2E0 #E0536C #E0C753

monochromatic

#1C739C #2699D0 #53B2E0 #87C9E9 #BBE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#53B2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#53B2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2E0

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2E0	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e9',
    500: '#53b2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2e0;
$custom-light: #91c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.574,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72486,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2E0

secondary

#E2BEAC

accent

#5214D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2E0

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

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