#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
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -10.51, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 36.14, 253.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.061 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.115 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5796, 36.3435, 75.8573)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53ABE0	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)

#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

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

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