#53ABE1#53ABE1

#53ABE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABE1
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -10.19, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 36.51, 253.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0607 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.116 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7156, 36.3979, 76.5736)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABE1 #E18953

analogous

#53E1D0 #53ABE1 #5364E1

triadic

#53ABE1 #E153AB #ABE153

tetradic

#53ABE1 #D053E1 #E18953 #64E153

square

#53ABE1 #D053E1 #E18953 #64E153

split-complementary

#53ABE1 #E15364 #E1D053

monochromatic

#1C6C9E #2590D2 #53ABE1 #87C4EA #BBDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53ABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#53ABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABE1

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABE1	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ABE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c3ea',
    500: '#53abe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abe1;
$custom-light: #90c3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.817,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70933,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABE1

secondary

#E3C1AD

accent

#5C13D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABE1

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

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