#53AAD5#53AAD5

#53AAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAD5
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 213)
HSL	hsl(200, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 20.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -13.43, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 32.55, 245.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0637 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.105 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9476, 35.3896, 68.1905)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAD5 #D57E53

analogous

#53D5BF #53AAD5 #5369D5

triadic

#53AAD5 #D553AA #AAD553

tetradic

#53AAD5 #BF53D5 #D57E53 #69D553

square

#53AAD5 #BF53D5 #D57E53 #69D553

split-complementary

#53AAD5 #D55369 #D5BF53

monochromatic

#22698C #2E8EBD #53AAD5 #84C2E1 #B5DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53AAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#53AAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAD5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAD5	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A8D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3e2',
    500: '#53aad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aad5;
$custom-light: #8fc3e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.846,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7016,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAD5

secondary

#DCB9A8

accent

#7944E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAD5

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

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