#53B8E7#53B8E7

#53B8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8E7
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -15.29, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 35.64, 244.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.072 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.115 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1259, 41.8858, 81.8194)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8E7 #E78253

analogous

#53E7CC #53B8E7 #536EE7

triadic

#53B8E7 #E753B8 #B8E753

tetradic

#53B8E7 #CC53E7 #E78253 #6EE753

square

#53B8E7 #CC53E7 #E78253 #6EE753

split-complementary

#53B8E7 #E7536E #E7CC53

monochromatic

#177AA8 #1FA1DE #53B8E7 #89CEEE #BEE4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#53B8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#53B8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8E7

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8E7	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdee',
    500: '#53b8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8e7;
$custom-light: #92cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8E7

secondary

#E6C1AF

accent

#4E0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8E7

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

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