#53B2E8#53B2E8

#53B2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2E8
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -11.77, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 37.24, 251.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0655 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.119 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0475, 39.5025, 82.1587)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2E8 #E88953

analogous

#53E8D4 #53B2E8 #5368E8

triadic

#53B2E8 #E853B2 #B2E853

tetradic

#53B2E8 #D453E8 #E88953 #68E853

square

#53B2E8 #D453E8 #E88953 #68E853

split-complementary

#53B2E8 #E85368 #E8D453

monochromatic

#1775AA #1E9AE0 #53B2E8 #89CAEF #BFE2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#53B2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#53B2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2E8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2E8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ef',
    500: '#53b2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2e8;
$custom-light: #91c9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.745,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72846,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2E8

secondary

#E7C4B0

accent

#570DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2E8

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

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