#53ABE0#53ABE0

#53ABE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53ABE0
RGBrgb(83, 171, 224)
HSLhsl(203, 69%, 60%)
HSVhsv(203, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.78, -10.51, -34.57)
CIE-LCHlch(66.78, 36.14, 253.09°)
OKLaboklab(70.89% -0.061 -0.097)
OKLCHoklch(70.89% 0.115 237.8)
XYZxyz(31.5796, 36.3435, 75.8573)
Luminance0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53ABE0 #E08853
analogous
#53E0CE #53ABE0 #5365E0
triadic
#53ABE0 #E053AB #ABE053
tetradic
#53ABE0 #CE53E0 #E08853 #65E053
square
#53ABE0 #CE53E0 #E08853 #65E053
split-complementary
#53ABE0 #E05365 #E0CE53
monochromatic
#1C6C9C #2690D0 #53ABE0 #87C4E9 #BBDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#53ABE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27
#53ABE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABE0
8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53ABE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53ABE01.002.548.278.27
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2721.001.001.00
##0000008.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92AAE2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F9CDF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53abe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 237.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ea',
    500: '#53abe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53abe0;
$custom-light: #90c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53abe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.553,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70887,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53ABE0
secondary
#E2C1AC
accent
#5B14D1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABE0

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#53ABE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva