#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
RGBrgb(83, 181, 231)
HSLhsl(200, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(200, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.93, -13.70, -33.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.93, 36.21, 247.77°)
OKLaboklab(73.48% -0.0689 -0.0939)
OKLCHoklch(73.48% 0.117 233.7)
XYZxyz(34.5093, 40.6527, 81.6139)
Luminance0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##53B5E71.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

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

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#53B5E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva