#53B3E3#53B3E3

#53B3E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3E3
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -13.89, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 35.31, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0682 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.114 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5471, 39.6218, 78.5380)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3E3 #E38353

analogous

#53E3CB #53B3E3 #536BE3

triadic

#53B3E3 #E353B3 #B3E353

tetradic

#53B3E3 #CB53E3 #E38353 #6BE353

square

#53B3E3 #CB53E3 #E38353 #6BE353

split-complementary

#53B3E3 #E3536B #E3CB53

monochromatic

#1A74A1 #239AD6 #53B3E3 #88CAEC #BCE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#53B3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#53B3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3E3

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3E3	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)

#9CB1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9ec',
    500: '#53b3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3e3;
$custom-light: #91c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3E3

secondary

#E4C0AE

accent

#5211D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3E3

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

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