#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
RGB	rgb(83, 180, 244)
HSL	hsl(204, 88%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 26.2%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -9.01, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 41.19, 257.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0636 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.13 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2114, 41.0094, 91.5776)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##53B4F4	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53B4F4

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

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