#53AAD8#53AAD8

#53AAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAD8
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -12.50, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 33.53, 248.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0627 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.107 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3319, 35.5433, 70.2145)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAD8 #D88153

analogous

#53D8C3 #53AAD8 #5367D8

triadic

#53AAD8 #D853AA #AAD853

tetradic

#53AAD8 #C353D8 #D88153 #67D853

square

#53AAD8 #C353D8 #D88153 #67D853

split-complementary

#53AAD8 #D85367 #D8C353

monochromatic

#216990 #2C8EC2 #53AAD8 #85C3E3 #B7DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53AAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#53AAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAD8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAD8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3e4',
    500: '#53aad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aad8;
$custom-light: #8fc3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.752,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70294,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAD8

secondary

#DEBBA9

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAD8

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

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