#53B5E7#53B5E7

#53B5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5E7
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -13.70, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 36.21, 247.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0689 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.117 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5093, 40.6527, 81.6139)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5E7 #E78553

analogous

#53E7CF #53B5E7 #536BE7

triadic

#53B5E7 #E753B5 #B5E753

tetradic

#53B5E7 #CF53E7 #E78553 #6BE753

square

#53B5E7 #CF53E7 #E78553 #6BE753

split-complementary

#53B5E7 #E7536B #E7CF53

monochromatic

#1777A8 #1F9DDE #53B5E7 #89CCEE #BEE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53B5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#53B5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5E7

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5E7	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbee',
    500: '#53b5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5e7;
$custom-light: #91cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.27,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73483,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5E7

secondary

#E6C2AF

accent

#520ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5E7

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

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