#53B7E3#53B7E3

#53B7E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53B7E3
RGBrgb(83, 183, 227)
HSLhsl(198, 72%, 61%)
HSVhsv(198, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(70.35, -16.01, -30.69)
CIE-LCHlch(70.35, 34.62, 242.45°)
OKLaboklab(73.76% -0.0723 -0.0858)
OKLCHoklch(73.76% 0.112 229.9)
XYZxyz(34.3604, 41.2485, 78.8091)
Luminance0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53B7E3 #E37F53
analogous
#53E3C7 #53B7E3 #536FE3
triadic
#53B7E3 #E353B7 #B7E353
tetradic
#53B7E3 #C753E3 #E37F53 #6FE353
square
#53B7E3 #C753E3 #E37F53 #6FE353
split-complementary
#53B7E3 #E3536F #E3C753
monochromatic
#1A78A1 #239FD6 #53B7E3 #88CDEC #BCE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#53B7E3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#53B7E3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7E3
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53B7E3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53B7E31.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B4E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8CA6E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53b7e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 229.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccec',
    500: '#53b7e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53b7e3;
$custom-light: #91ccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53b7e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73764,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53B7E3
secondary
#E4BEAE
accent
#4D11D4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#53B7E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva