#53B6E3#53B6E3

#53B6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6E3
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 227)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -15.48, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 34.77, 243.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0713 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.113 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1549, 40.8374, 78.7406)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6E3 #E38053

analogous

#53E3C8 #53B6E3 #536EE3

triadic

#53B6E3 #E353B6 #B6E353

tetradic

#53B6E3 #C853E3 #E38053 #6EE353

square

#53B6E3 #C853E3 #E38053 #6EE353

split-complementary

#53B6E3 #E3536E #E3C853

monochromatic

#1A77A1 #239ED6 #53B6E3 #88CCEC #BCE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#53B6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#53B6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6E3

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6E3	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbec',
    500: '#53b6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6e3;
$custom-light: #91cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6E3

secondary

#E4BFAE

accent

#4E11D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6E3

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

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