#53B2FF#53B2FF

#53B2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.143 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B2FF
RGB	rgb(83, 178, 255)
HSL	hsl(207, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(207, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -4.31, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 46.48, 264.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0584 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.143 246)
XYZ	xyz(37.5308, 40.8958, 100.5041)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B2FF #FFA053

analogous

#53FFF6 #53B2FF #535CFF

triadic

#53B2FF #FF53B2 #B2FF53

tetradic

#53B2FF #F653FF #FFA053 #5CFF53

square

#53B2FF #F653FF #FFA053 #5CFF53

split-complementary

#53B2FF #FF535C #FFF653

monochromatic

#0077D8 #1697FF #53B2FF #90CDFF #CDE9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#53B2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B2FF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B2FF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78A4FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 178, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.143 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c8ff',
    500: '#53b2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b2ff;
$custom-light: #95c8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.86,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B2FF

secondary

#F3D4BB

accent

#6700E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0F1318

muted

#7E8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B2FF

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

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