#53ABE6#53ABE6

#53ABE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABE6
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -8.59, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 38.45, 257.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.059 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.121 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4077, 36.6747, 80.2186)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABE6 #E68E53

analogous

#53E6D8 #53ABE6 #5362E6

triadic

#53ABE6 #E653AB #ABE653

tetradic

#53ABE6 #D853E6 #E68E53 #62E653

square

#53ABE6 #D853E6 #E68E53 #62E653

split-complementary

#53ABE6 #E65362 #E6D853

monochromatic

#186DA6 #2090DC #53ABE6 #88C5EE #BEDFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#53ABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABE6

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABE6	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90ABE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3ee',
    500: '#53abe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abe6;
$custom-light: #91c3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.082,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71168,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABE6

secondary

#E6C5AF

accent

#5F0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABE6

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

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