#53AAE0#53AAE0

#53AAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.115 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE0
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 24.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, -9.96, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 36.41, 254.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.06 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.115 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3914, 35.9671, 75.7946)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE0 #E08953

analogous

#53E0D0 #53AAE0 #5363E0

triadic

#53AAE0 #E053AA #AAE053

tetradic

#53AAE0 #D053E0 #E08953 #63E053

square

#53AAE0 #D053E0 #E08953 #63E053

split-complementary

#53AAE0 #E05363 #E0D053

monochromatic

#1C6B9C #268FD0 #53AAE0 #87C4E9 #BBDDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53AAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#53AAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE0

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE0	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.115 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ea',
    500: '#53aae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae0;
$custom-light: #90c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70659,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE0

secondary

#E2C1AC

accent

#5D14D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE0

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

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