#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
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -16.01, -30.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.62, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0723 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.112 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3604, 41.2485, 78.8091)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53B7E3	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53B7E3

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

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