#53ABE3#53ABE3

#53ABE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABE3
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -9.55, -36.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 37.27, 255.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.06 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.118 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9900, 36.5076, 78.0189)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABE3 #E38B53

analogous

#53E3D3 #53ABE3 #5363E3

triadic

#53ABE3 #E353AB #ABE353

tetradic

#53ABE3 #D353E3 #E38B53 #63E353

square

#53ABE3 #D353E3 #E38B53 #63E353

split-complementary

#53ABE3 #E35363 #E3D353

monochromatic

#1A6DA1 #2390D6 #53ABE3 #88C5EC #BCDEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#53ABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABE3

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABE3	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ec',
    500: '#53abe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abe3;
$custom-light: #91c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABE3

secondary

#E4C3AE

accent

#5D11D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABE3

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

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