#53AAE6#53AAE6

#53AAE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE6
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -8.04, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 38.76, 258.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.058 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.121 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2195, 36.2984, 80.1559)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE6 #E68F53

analogous

#53E6D9 #53AAE6 #5361E6

triadic

#53AAE6 #E653AA #AAE653

tetradic

#53AAE6 #D953E6 #E68F53 #61E653

square

#53AAE6 #D953E6 #E68F53 #61E653

split-complementary

#53AAE6 #E65361 #E6D953

monochromatic

#186CA6 #208FDC #53AAE6 #88C4EE #BEDFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53AAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#53AAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE6

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE6	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ee',
    500: '#53aae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae6;
$custom-light: #91c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70943,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE6

secondary

#E6C5AF

accent

#600FD7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE6

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

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