#53ACDE#53ACDE

#53ACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.112 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACDE
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -11.69, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 35.16, 250.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0627 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.112 236)
XYZ	xyz(31.4996, 36.6148, 74.5004)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACDE #DE8553

analogous

#53DECB #53ACDE #5366DE

triadic

#53ACDE #DE53AC #ACDE53

tetradic

#53ACDE #CB53DE #DE8553 #66DE53

square

#53ACDE #CB53DE #DE8553 #66DE53

split-complementary

#53ACDE #DE5366 #DECB53

monochromatic

#1D6D99 #2791CD #53ACDE #86C5E8 #BADEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#53ACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACDE

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACDE	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)

#94ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.112 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e8',
    500: '#53acde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acde;
$custom-light: #90c4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71023,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.36618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACDE

secondary

#E1BFAC

accent

#7C3DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACDE

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

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