#53B9E7#53B9E7

#53B9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9E7
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -15.82, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 35.47, 243.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.073 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.115 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3344, 42.3028, 81.8889)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9E7 #E78153

analogous

#53E7CB #53B9E7 #536FE7

triadic

#53B9E7 #E753B9 #B9E753

tetradic

#53B9E7 #CB53E7 #E78153 #6FE753

square

#53B9E7 #CB53E7 #E78153 #6FE753

split-complementary

#53B9E7 #E7536F #E7CB53

monochromatic

#177BA8 #1FA3DE #53B9E7 #89CFEE #BEE5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#53B9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#53B9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9E7

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9E7	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ceee',
    500: '#53b9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9e7;
$custom-light: #92ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.649,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9E7

secondary

#E6C0AF

accent

#4D0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9E7

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

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