#53B9ED#53B9ED

#53B9ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.120 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9ED
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 21.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -13.94, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 37.34, 248.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0709 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.12 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1963, 42.6475, 86.4285)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9ED #ED8753

analogous

#53EDD4 #53B9ED #536CED

triadic

#53B9ED #ED53B9 #B9ED53

tetradic

#53B9ED #D453ED #ED8753 #6CED53

square

#53B9ED #D453ED #ED8753 #6CED53

split-complementary

#53B9ED #ED536C #EDD453

monochromatic

#137DB3 #1CA2E7 #53B9ED #8AD0F3 #C2E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#53B9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#53B9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9ED

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9ED	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.120 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cef3',
    500: '#53b9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9ed;
$custom-light: #92cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.26,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9ED

secondary

#EAC5B2

accent

#5008DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9ED

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

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