#53B4E1#53B4E1

#53B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4E1
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -15.04, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 34.51, 244.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.07 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.112 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4738, 39.9143, 77.1597)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4E1 #E18053

analogous

#53E1C7 #53B4E1 #536DE1

triadic

#53B4E1 #E153B4 #B4E153

tetradic

#53B4E1 #C753E1 #E18053 #6DE153

square

#53B4E1 #C753E1 #E18053 #6DE153

split-complementary

#53B4E1 #E1536D #E1C753

monochromatic

#1C759E #259BD2 #53B4E1 #87CBEA #BBE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#53B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#53B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4E1

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4E1	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)

#9DB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caea',
    500: '#53b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4e1;
$custom-light: #91caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72989,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4E1

secondary

#E3BEAD

accent

#5013D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4E1

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

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