#53B9EB#53B9EB

#53B9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.118 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9EB
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(200, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -14.57, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 36.69, 246.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0716 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.118 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9058, 42.5313, 84.8982)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9EB #EB8553

analogous

#53EBD1 #53B9EB #536DEB

triadic

#53B9EB #EB53B9 #B9EB53

tetradic

#53B9EB #D153EB #EB8553 #6DEB53

square

#53B9EB #D153EB #EB8553 #6DEB53

split-complementary

#53B9EB #EB536D #EBD153

monochromatic

#147CAF #1CA3E5 #53B9EB #8ACFF1 #C1E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#53B9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#53B9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9EB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9EB	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)

#A0B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.118 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cef1',
    500: '#53b9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9eb;
$custom-light: #92cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.737,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74573,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9EB

secondary

#E9C3B1

accent

#4F0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9EB

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

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