#53B4E6#53B4E6

#53B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.116 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4E6
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -13.48, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 36.09, 248.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0682 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.116 234)
XYZ	xyz(34.1659, 40.1912, 80.8047)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4E6 #E68553

analogous

#53E6CE #53B4E6 #536BE6

triadic

#53B4E6 #E653B4 #B4E653

tetradic

#53B4E6 #CE53E6 #E68553 #6BE653

square

#53B4E6 #CE53E6 #E68553 #6BE653

split-complementary

#53B4E6 #E6536B #E6CE53

monochromatic

#1876A6 #209CDC #53B4E6 #88CBEE #BEE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#53B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4E6

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4E6	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.116 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91caee',
    500: '#53b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4e6;
$custom-light: #91caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.408,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7321,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.40195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4E6

secondary

#E6C2AF

accent

#530FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4E6

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

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