#53AAE5#53AAE5

#53AAE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE5
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -8.36, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 38.36, 257.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0583 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.12 241)
XYZ	xyz(32.0795, 36.2423, 79.4184)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE5 #E58E53

analogous

#53E5D7 #53AAE5 #5361E5

triadic

#53AAE5 #E553AA #AAE553

tetradic

#53AAE5 #D753E5 #E58E53 #61E553

square

#53AAE5 #D753E5 #E58E53 #61E553

split-complementary

#53AAE5 #E55361 #E5D753

monochromatic

#196CA5 #218FDA #53AAE5 #88C4ED #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE5

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE5	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ed',
    500: '#53aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae5;
$custom-light: #91c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.247,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70895,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.36246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE5

secondary

#E5C5AE

accent

#6010D6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE5

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

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