#53B4E8#53B4E8

#53B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B4E8
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -12.84, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 36.76, 249.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0675 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.118 235)
XYZ	xyz(34.4484, 40.3041, 82.2923)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B4E8 #E88753

analogous

#53E8D2 #53B4E8 #536AE8

triadic

#53B4E8 #E853B4 #B4E853

tetradic

#53B4E8 #D253E8 #E88753 #6AE853

square

#53B4E8 #D253E8 #E88753 #6AE853

split-complementary

#53B4E8 #E8536A #E8D253

monochromatic

#1777AA #1E9CE0 #53B4E8 #89CCEF #BFE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#53B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#53B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4E8

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B4E8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caef',
    500: '#53b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b4e8;
$custom-light: #92caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73301,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.40308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B4E8

secondary

#E7C3B0

accent

#540DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B4E8

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

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