#53AACE#53AACE

#53AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AACE
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -15.60, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 30.48, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0662 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.099 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0783, 35.0418, 63.6119)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AACE #CE7753

analogous

#53CEB5 #53AACE #536DCE

triadic

#53AACE #CE53AA #AACE53

tetradic

#53AACE #B553CE #CE7753 #6DCE53

square

#53AACE #B553CE #CE7753 #6DCE53

split-complementary

#53AACE #CE536D #CEB553

monochromatic

#256782 #338CB1 #53AACE #83C2DC #B2D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#53AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AACE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AACE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec3dd',
    500: '#53aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aace;
$custom-light: #8ec3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69856,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AACE

secondary

#D8B4A5

accent

#7549DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AACE

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

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