#53B8E4#53B8E4

#53B8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8E4
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -16.23, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 34.75, 242.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.073 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.113 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7059, 41.7178, 79.6071)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8E4 #E47F53

analogous

#53E4C7 #53B8E4 #536FE4

triadic

#53B8E4 #E453B8 #B8E453

tetradic

#53B8E4 #C753E4 #E47F53 #6FE453

square

#53B8E4 #C753E4 #E47F53 #6FE453

split-complementary

#53B8E4 #E4536F #E4C753

monochromatic

#1A79A3 #22A1D8 #53B8E4 #88CEEC #BDE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#53B8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#53B8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8E4

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8E4	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdec',
    500: '#53b8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8e4;
$custom-light: #91cdec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74037,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8E4

secondary

#E5BFAE

accent

#4C11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8E4

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

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