#53B9F2#53B9F2

#53B9F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B9F2
RGB	rgb(83, 185, 242)
HSL	hsl(202, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -12.35, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 39.04, 251.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0692 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.125 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9370, 42.9438, 90.3295)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B9F2 #F28C53

analogous

#53F2DB #53B9F2 #5369F2

triadic

#53B9F2 #F253B9 #B9F253

tetradic

#53B9F2 #DB53F2 #F28C53 #69F253

square

#53B9F2 #DB53F2 #F28C53 #69F253

split-complementary

#53B9F2 #F25369 #F2DB53

monochromatic

#0E7EBC #1AA2EE #53B9F2 #8CD0F6 #C5E7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#53B9F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#53B9F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B9F2

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B9F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B9F2	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB8F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A8F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b9f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 185, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cef6',
    500: '#53b9f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b9f2;
$custom-light: #93cef6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b9f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7489,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B9F2

secondary

#ECC8B4

accent

#5303E2

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FE

border

#CCD2D6

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B9F2

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

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