#53B7ED#53B7ED

#53B7ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.121 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B7ED
RGB	rgb(83, 183, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 22.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -12.87, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 37.78, 250.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0689 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.121 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7809, 41.8166, 86.2901)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B7ED #ED8953

analogous

#53EDD6 #53B7ED #536AED

triadic

#53B7ED #ED53B7 #B7ED53

tetradic

#53B7ED #D653ED #ED8953 #6AED53

square

#53B7ED #D653ED #ED8953 #6AED53

split-complementary

#53B7ED #ED536A #EDD653

monochromatic

#137BB3 #1CA0E7 #53B7ED #8ACEF3 #C2E5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53B7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#53B7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B7ED

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B7ED	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 183, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.121 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccf3',
    500: '#53b7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b7ed;
$custom-light: #92ccf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.039,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B7ED

secondary

#EAC6B2

accent

#5308DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B7ED

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

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