#53B9E5#53B9E5

#53B9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.113 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9E5
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -16.44, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 34.89, 241.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0737 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.113 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0535, 42.1904, 80.4098)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9E5 #E57F53

analogous

#53E5C8 #53B9E5 #5370E5

triadic

#53B9E5 #E553B9 #B9E553

tetradic

#53B9E5 #C853E5 #E57F53 #70E553

square

#53B9E5 #C853E5 #E57F53 #70E553

split-complementary

#53B9E5 #E55370 #E5C853

monochromatic

#197BA5 #21A2DA #53B9E5 #88CFED #BDE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53B9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#53B9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9E5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9E5	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.113 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ceed',
    500: '#53b9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9e5;
$custom-light: #91ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9E5

secondary

#E5BFAE

accent

#4B10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9E5

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

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