#53B5E8#53B5E8

#53B5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B5E8
RGB	rgb(83, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -13.38, -34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 36.54, 248.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0686 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.117 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6510, 40.7093, 82.3598)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B5E8 #E88653

analogous

#53E8D1 #53B5E8 #536BE8

triadic

#53B5E8 #E853B5 #B5E853

tetradic

#53B5E8 #D153E8 #E88653 #6BE853

square

#53B5E8 #D153E8 #E88653 #6BE853

split-complementary

#53B5E8 #E8536B #E8D153

monochromatic

#1778AA #1E9DE0 #53B5E8 #89CCEF #BFE3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#53B5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#53B5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B5E8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B5E8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbef',
    500: '#53b5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b5e8;
$custom-light: #92cbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73528,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B5E8

secondary

#E7C3B0

accent

#530DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B5E8

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

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