#53B2EE#53B2EE

#53B2EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2EE
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 25.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -9.85, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 39.46, 255.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0636 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.125 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9144, 39.8492, 86.7240)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2EE #EE8F53

analogous

#53EEDD #53B2EE #5364EE

triadic

#53B2EE #EE53B2 #B2EE53

tetradic

#53B2EE #DD53EE #EE8F53 #64EE53

square

#53B2EE #DD53EE #EE8F53 #64EE53

split-complementary

#53B2EE #EE5364 #EEDD53

monochromatic

#1276B5 #1B99E8 #53B2EE #8BCBF4 #C2E4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#53B2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2EE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2EE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8f3',
    500: '#53b2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ee;
$custom-light: #92c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2EE

secondary

#EAC8B2

accent

#5A07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2EE

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

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