#53B7E9#53B7E9

#53B7E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7E9
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -14.13, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 36.45, 247.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0703 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.117 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2030, 41.5855, 83.2466)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7E9 #E98553

analogous

#53E9D0 #53B7E9 #536CE9

triadic

#53B7E9 #E953B7 #B7E953

tetradic

#53B7E9 #D053E9 #E98553 #6CE953

square

#53B7E9 #D053E9 #E98553 #6CE953

split-complementary

#53B7E9 #E9536C #E9D053

monochromatic

#167AAC #1DA0E2 #53B7E9 #89CEF0 #C0E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53B7E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#53B7E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7E9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7E9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccf0',
    500: '#53b7e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7e9;
$custom-light: #92ccf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7E9

secondary

#E8C3B0

accent

#500CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7E9

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

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