#53B8ED#53B8ED

#53B8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8ED
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -13.40, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 37.55, 249.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0699 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.121 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9879, 42.2306, 86.3591)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8ED #ED8853

analogous

#53EDD5 #53B8ED #536BED

triadic

#53B8ED #ED53B8 #B8ED53

tetradic

#53B8ED #D553ED #ED8853 #6BED53

square

#53B8ED #D553ED #ED8853 #6BED53

split-complementary

#53B8ED #ED536B #EDD553

monochromatic

#137CB3 #1CA1E7 #53B8ED #8ACFF3 #C2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53B8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#53B8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8ED

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8ED	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdf3',
    500: '#53b8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8ed;
$custom-light: #92cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.649,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74436,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8ED

secondary

#EAC5B2

accent

#5208DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8ED

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

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