#53B8F2#53B8F2

#53B8F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.126 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B8F2
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 242)
HSL	hsl(202, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 24%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -11.82, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 39.29, 252.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0682 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.126 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7286, 42.5269, 90.2601)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B8F2 #F28D53

analogous

#53F2DD #53B8F2 #5368F2

triadic

#53B8F2 #F253B8 #B8F253

tetradic

#53B8F2 #DD53F2 #F28D53 #68F253

square

#53B8F2 #DD53F2 #F28D53 #68F253

split-complementary

#53B8F2 #F25368 #F2DD53

monochromatic

#0E7DBC #1AA1EE #53B8F2 #8CCFF6 #C5E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53B8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53B8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B8F2

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B8F2	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB7F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A7F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.126 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cdf6',
    500: '#53b8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b8f2;
$custom-light: #93cdf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.887,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B8F2

secondary

#ECC9B4

accent

#5503E2

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FE

border

#CCD2D6

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B8F2

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

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