#53B7E1#53B7E1

#53B7E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7E1
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 225)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -16.63, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 34.06, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0731 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.111 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0860, 41.1387, 77.3638)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7E1 #E17D53

analogous

#53E1C4 #53B7E1 #5370E1

triadic

#53B7E1 #E153B7 #B7E153

tetradic

#53B7E1 #C453E1 #E17D53 #70E153

square

#53B7E1 #C453E1 #E17D53 #70E153

split-complementary

#53B7E1 #E15370 #E1C453

monochromatic

#1C779E #259FD2 #53B7E1 #87CDEA #BBE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#53B7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#53B7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7E1

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7E1	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccea',
    500: '#53b7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7e1;
$custom-light: #91ccea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7E1

secondary

#E3BDAD

accent

#4C13D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7E1

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

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