#53ABE5#53ABE5

#53ABE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABE5
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -8.91, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 38.05, 256.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0594 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.12 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2677, 36.6187, 79.4811)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABE5 #E58D53

analogous

#53E5D6 #53ABE5 #5362E5

triadic

#53ABE5 #E553AB #ABE553

tetradic

#53ABE5 #D653E5 #E58D53 #62E553

square

#53ABE5 #D653E5 #E58D53 #62E553

split-complementary

#53ABE5 #E55362 #E5D653

monochromatic

#196DA5 #2190DA #53ABE5 #88C5ED #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#53ABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABE5

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABE5	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ABE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ed',
    500: '#53abe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abe5;
$custom-light: #91c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.836,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABE5

secondary

#E5C4AE

accent

#5E10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABE5

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

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