Color

#53b4e4

#53b4e4
hex#53b4e4
rgbrgb(83, 180, 228)
hslhsl(200, 73%, 61%)
oklchoklch(0.731 0.114 232.9)
Closest name: Blue Martini (#52b4d3)Relative luminance 0.4008

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#e48353

#53e4cc · #536be4

#e453b4 · #b4e453

Split-complementary

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#e4536b · #e4cc53

#cc53e4 · #e48353 · #6be453

Contrast

#53b4e4 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.33:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #1b7cac as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #145c80 as the text (7.31:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.66:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (7.08:1)
Aaon black
9.02:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #53b4e4 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#53b4e4 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #53b4e4
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #53b4e4 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/53b4e4-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md