#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
RGBrgb(83, 184, 231)
HSLhsl(199, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(199, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.79, -15.29, -32.19)
CIE-LCHlch(70.79, 35.64, 244.59°)
OKLaboklab(74.17% -0.072 -0.0901)
OKLCHoklch(74.17% 0.115 231.4)
XYZxyz(35.1259, 41.8858, 81.8194)
Luminance0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53B8E71.002.249.389.38
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3821.001.001.00
##0000009.3821.001.001.00

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

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#53B8E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva