#53B7E2#53B7E2

#53B7E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7E2
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 19%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -16.32, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.33, 241.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0727 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.111 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2228, 41.1934, 78.0843)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7E2 #E27E53

analogous

#53E2C5 #53B7E2 #536FE2

triadic

#53B7E2 #E253B7 #B7E253

tetradic

#53B7E2 #C553E2 #E27E53 #6FE253

square

#53B7E2 #C553E2 #E27E53 #6FE253

split-complementary

#53B7E2 #E2536F #E2C553

monochromatic

#1B78A0 #249FD4 #53B7E2 #87CDEB #BCE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53B7E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#53B7E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7E2

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7E2	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cceb',
    500: '#53b7e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7e2;
$custom-light: #91cceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73721,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7E2

secondary

#E4BEAD

accent

#4C12D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7E2

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

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