#53AAE4#53AAE4

#53AAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE4
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -8.68, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 37.96, 256.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0587 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.119 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9403, 36.1867, 78.6852)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE4 #E48D53

analogous

#53E4D5 #53AAE4 #5361E4

triadic

#53AAE4 #E453AA #AAE453

tetradic

#53AAE4 #D553E4 #E48D53 #61E453

square

#53AAE4 #D553E4 #E48D53 #61E453

split-complementary

#53AAE4 #E45361 #E4D553

monochromatic

#1A6CA3 #228FD8 #53AAE4 #88C4EC #BDDEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#53AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE4	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ec',
    500: '#53aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae4;
$custom-light: #91c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70847,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE4

secondary

#E5C4AE

accent

#5F11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE4

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

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