#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
RGBrgb(83, 171, 239)
HSLhsl(206, 83%, 63%)
HSVhsv(206, 65%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.42, -5.67, -41.79)
CIE-LCHlch(67.42, 42.17, 262.27°)
OKLaboklab(71.6% -0.0563 -0.1179)
OKLCHoklch(71.6% 0.131 244.5)
XYZxyz(33.7043, 37.1933, 87.0474)
Luminance0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##53ABEF1.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

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

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#53ABEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva