#53B7E4#53B7E4

#53B7E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7E4
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -15.70, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.91, 243.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.072 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.113 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4989, 41.3038, 79.5381)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7E4 #E48053

analogous

#53E4C9 #53B7E4 #536EE4

triadic

#53B7E4 #E453B7 #B7E453

tetradic

#53B7E4 #C953E4 #E48053 #6EE453

square

#53B7E4 #C953E4 #E48053 #6EE453

split-complementary

#53B7E4 #E4536E #E4C953

monochromatic

#1A78A3 #229FD8 #53B7E4 #88CDEC #BDE3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#53B7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#53B7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7E4

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7E4	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccec',
    500: '#53b7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7e4;
$custom-light: #91ccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73808,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7E4

secondary

#E5BFAE

accent

#4E11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7E4

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

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