#53B3E8#53B3E8

#53B3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.118 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B3E8
RGB	rgb(83, 179, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -12.31, -34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 37.00, 250.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0665 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.118 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2472, 39.9019, 82.2252)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B3E8 #E88853

analogous

#53E8D2 #53B3E8 #5369E8

triadic

#53B3E8 #E853B3 #B3E853

tetradic

#53B3E8 #D253E8 #E88853 #69E853

square

#53B3E8 #D253E8 #E88853 #69E853

split-complementary

#53B3E8 #E85369 #E8D253

monochromatic

#1776AA #1E9BE0 #53B3E8 #89CBEF #BFE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#53B3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B3E8

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B3E8	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 179, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.118 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ef',
    500: '#53b3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b3e8;
$custom-light: #92c9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.342,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B3E8

secondary

#E7C3B0

accent

#550DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B3E8

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

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