#53AAE7#53AAE7

#53AAE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AAE7
RGB	rgb(83, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -7.72, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 39.17, 258.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0577 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.123 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3603, 36.3547, 80.8976)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AAE7 #E79053

analogous

#53E7DA #53AAE7 #5360E7

triadic

#53AAE7 #E753AA #AAE753

tetradic

#53AAE7 #DA53E7 #E79053 #60E753

square

#53AAE7 #DA53E7 #E79053 #60E753

split-complementary

#53AAE7 #E75360 #E7DA53

monochromatic

#176DA8 #1F8FDE #53AAE7 #89C5EE #BEDFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#53AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AAE7

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AAE7	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ef',
    500: '#53aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aae7;
$custom-light: #91c3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.73,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70991,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AAE7

secondary

#E6C6AF

accent

#610ED8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AAE7

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

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