#53B4F4#53B4F4

#53B4F4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53B4F4
RGBrgb(83, 180, 244)
HSLhsl(204, 88%, 64%)
HSVhsv(204, 66%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 26.2%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.18, -9.01, -40.20)
CIE-LCHlch(70.18, 41.19, 257.37°)
OKLaboklab(73.86% -0.0636 -0.1132)
OKLCHoklch(73.86% 0.13 240.7)
XYZxyz(36.2114, 41.0094, 91.5776)
Luminance0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53B4F4 #F49353
analogous
#53F4E4 #53B4F4 #5364F4
triadic
#53B4F4 #F453B4 #B4F453
tetradic
#53B4F4 #E453F4 #F49353 #64F453
square
#53B4F4 #E453F4 #F49353 #64F453
split-complementary
#53B4F4 #F45364 #F4E453
monochromatic
#0C79C0 #199BF0 #53B4F4 #8DCDF8 #C6E6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#53B4F4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20
#53B4F4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B4F4
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53B4F4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53B4F41.002.289.209.20
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2021.001.001.00
##0000009.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97B4F7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81A5F3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53b4f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 180, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 240.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93caf8',
    500: '#53b4f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53b4f4;
$custom-light: #93caf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53b4f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.851,
    "s": 87.978,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73859,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53B4F4
secondary
#EDCCB5
accent
#5B01E5
background
#F9FCFF
surface
#F2F8FF
border
#CCD1D7
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

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#53B4F4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva