#53B4E2#53B4E2

#53B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4E2
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -14.73, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 34.81, 244.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0696 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.112 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6106, 39.9691, 77.8802)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4E2 #E28153

analogous

#53E2C9 #53B4E2 #536CE2

triadic

#53B4E2 #E253B4 #B4E253

tetradic

#53B4E2 #C953E2 #E28153 #6CE253

square

#53B4E2 #C953E2 #E28153 #6CE253

split-complementary

#53B4E2 #E2536C #E2C953

monochromatic

#1B75A0 #249BD4 #53B4E2 #87CBEB #BCE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#53B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#53B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4E2

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4E2	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caeb',
    500: '#53b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4e2;
$custom-light: #91caeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73033,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4E2

secondary

#E4BFAD

accent

#5012D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4E2

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

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