#53AADF#53AADF

#53AADF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AADF
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -10.28, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 36.03, 253.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0603 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.114 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2562, 35.9130, 75.0824)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AADF #DF8853

analogous

#53DFCE #53AADF #5364DF

triadic

#53AADF #DF53AA #AADF53

tetradic

#53AADF #CE53DF #DF8853 #64DF53

square

#53AADF #CE53DF #DF8853 #64DF53

split-complementary

#53AADF #DF5364 #DFCE53

monochromatic

#1D6B9B #268FCE #53AADF #87C4E9 #BADDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53AADF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#53AADF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AADF

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AADF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AADF	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aadf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3e9',
    500: '#53aadf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aadf;
$custom-light: #90c3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aadf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AADF

secondary

#E2C0AC

accent

#7F3CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AADF

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

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