#53B2EA#53B2EA

#53B2EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2EA
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(202, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -11.13, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 37.96, 252.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0649 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.121 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3332, 39.6167, 83.6633)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2EA #EA8B53

analogous

#53EAD7 #53B2EA #5366EA

triadic

#53B2EA #EA53B2 #B2EA53

tetradic

#53B2EA #D753EA #EA8B53 #66EA53

square

#53B2EA #D753EA #EA8B53 #66EA53

split-complementary

#53B2EA #EA5366 #EAD753

monochromatic

#1575AD #1C9AE3 #53B2EA #8ACAF1 #C0E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#53B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2EA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2EA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9f1',
    500: '#53b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ea;
$custom-light: #92c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.252,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2EA

secondary

#E8C5B1

accent

#580BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2EA

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

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