#53ABEF#53ABEF

#53ABEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.131 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABEF
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -5.67, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 42.17, 262.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.0563 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.131 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7043, 37.1933, 87.0474)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABEF #EF9753

analogous

#53EFE5 #53ABEF #535DEF

triadic

#53ABEF #EF53AB #ABEF53

tetradic

#53ABEF #E553EF #EF9753 #5DEF53

square

#53ABEF #E553EF #EF9753 #5DEF53

split-complementary

#53ABEF #EF535D #EFE553

monochromatic

#116EB7 #1B90EA #53ABEF #8BC6F4 #C3E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53ABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#53ABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABEF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABEF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DADF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779DEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.131 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c3f4',
    500: '#53abef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abef;
$custom-light: #92c3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71604,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABEF

secondary

#EBCBB3

accent

#6506DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABEF

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

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