#53AAE2#53AAE2

#53AAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE2
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -9.33, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 37.18, 255.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0593 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.117 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6642, 36.0762, 77.2314)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE2 #E28B53

analogous

#53E2D3 #53AAE2 #5362E2

triadic

#53AAE2 #E253AA #AAE253

tetradic

#53AAE2 #D353E2 #E28B53 #62E253

square

#53AAE2 #D353E2 #E28B53 #62E253

split-complementary

#53AAE2 #E25362 #E2D353

monochromatic

#1B6CA0 #248FD4 #53AAE2 #87C4EB #BCDEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#53AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE2	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3eb',
    500: '#53aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae2;
$custom-light: #90c3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.497,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70753,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE2

secondary

#E4C3AD

accent

#5E12D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE2

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

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