#53AAE1#53AAE1

#53AAE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE1
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -9.65, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 36.79, 254.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0596 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.116 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5274, 36.0215, 76.5109)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE1 #E18A53

analogous

#53E1D1 #53AAE1 #5363E1

triadic

#53AAE1 #E153AA #AAE153

tetradic

#53AAE1 #D153E1 #E18A53 #63E153

square

#53AAE1 #D153E1 #E18A53 #63E153

split-complementary

#53AAE1 #E15363 #E1D153

monochromatic

#1C6C9E #258FD2 #53AAE1 #87C4EA #BBDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53AAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#53AAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE1

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE1	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ea',
    500: '#53aae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae1;
$custom-light: #90c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.239,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70706,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE1

secondary

#E3C2AD

accent

#5D13D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE1

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

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