#53AADE#53AADE

#53AADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AADE
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -10.60, -34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 35.66, 252.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0606 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.113 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1218, 35.8593, 74.3745)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AADE #DE8753

analogous

#53DECD #53AADE #5365DE

triadic

#53AADE #DE53AA #AADE53

tetradic

#53AADE #CD53DE #DE8753 #65DE53

square

#53AADE #CD53DE #DE8753 #65DE53

split-complementary

#53AADE #DE5365 #DECD53

monochromatic

#1D6B99 #278FCD #53AADE #86C3E8 #BADDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53AADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#53AADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AADE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AADE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3e8',
    500: '#53aade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aade;
$custom-light: #90c3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.446,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70567,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AADE

secondary

#E1C0AC

accent

#7E3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AADE

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

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