#53B6E7#53B6E7

#53B6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B6E7
RGB	rgb(83, 182, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -14.23, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 36.01, 246.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0699 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.116 233)
XYZ	xyz(34.7134, 41.0608, 81.6819)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B6E7 #E78453

analogous

#53E7CE #53B6E7 #536CE7

triadic

#53B6E7 #E753B6 #B6E753

tetradic

#53B6E7 #CE53E7 #E78453 #6CE753

square

#53B6E7 #CE53E7 #E78453 #6CE753

split-complementary

#53B6E7 #E7536C #E7CE53

monochromatic

#1778A8 #1F9FDE #53B6E7 #89CDEE #BEE4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53B6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#53B6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B6E7

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B6E7	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 182, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbee',
    500: '#53b6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b6e7;
$custom-light: #92cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.865,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.41064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B6E7

secondary

#E6C2AF

accent

#510ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B6E7

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

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