#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
RGBrgb(83, 185, 229)
HSLhsl(198, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(198, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.00, -16.44, -30.77)
CIE-LCHlch(71.00, 34.89, 241.88°)
OKLaboklab(74.31% -0.0737 -0.0861)
OKLCHoklch(74.31% 0.113 229.4)
XYZxyz(35.0535, 42.1904, 80.4098)
Luminance0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##53B9E51.002.229.449.44
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4421.001.001.00
##0000009.4421.001.001.00

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

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#53B9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva