#53B4E0#53B4E0

#53B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4E0
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -15.36, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 34.21, 243.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0703 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.111 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3378, 39.8599, 76.4434)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4E0 #E07F53

analogous

#53E0C5 #53B4E0 #536EE0

triadic

#53B4E0 #E053B4 #B4E053

tetradic

#53B4E0 #C553E0 #E07F53 #6EE053

square

#53B4E0 #C553E0 #E07F53 #6EE053

split-complementary

#53B4E0 #E0536E #E0C553

monochromatic

#1C749C #269BD0 #53B4E0 #87CBE9 #BBE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#53B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4E0

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4E0	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)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cae9',
    500: '#53b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4e0;
$custom-light: #91cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.723,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4E0

secondary

#E2BDAC

accent

#4F14D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4E0

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

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