#53ABE4#53ABE4

#53ABE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABE4
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -9.23, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 37.66, 255.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0597 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.119 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1284, 36.5630, 78.7479)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABE4 #E48C53

analogous

#53E4D4 #53ABE4 #5362E4

triadic

#53ABE4 #E453AB #ABE453

tetradic

#53ABE4 #D453E4 #E48C53 #62E453

square

#53ABE4 #D453E4 #E48C53 #62E453

split-complementary

#53ABE4 #E45362 #E4D453

monochromatic

#1A6DA3 #2290D8 #53ABE4 #88C5EC #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#53ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABE4

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABE4	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ec',
    500: '#53abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abe4;
$custom-light: #91c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.586,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABE4

secondary

#E5C4AE

accent

#5E11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABE4

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

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