#53AADD#53AADD

#53AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AADD
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -10.92, -33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 35.29, 251.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.061 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.112 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9882, 35.8058, 73.6707)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AADD #DD8653

analogous

#53DDCB #53AADD #5365DD

triadic

#53AADD #DD53AA #AADD53

tetradic

#53AADD #CB53DD #DD8653 #65DD53

square

#53AADD #CB53DD #DD8653 #65DD53

split-complementary

#53AADD #DD5365 #DDCB53

monochromatic

#1E6B98 #288FCB #53AADD #86C3E7 #B9DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#53AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AADD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AADD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3e7',
    500: '#53aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aadd;
$custom-light: #90c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70521,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AADD

secondary

#E1BFAB

accent

#7D3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AADD

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

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