#53ACE0#53ACE0

#53ACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACE0
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -11.06, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 35.87, 252.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.062 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.114 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7692, 36.7227, 75.9205)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACE0 #E08753

analogous

#53E0CE #53ACE0 #5365E0

triadic

#53ACE0 #E053AC #ACE053

tetradic

#53ACE0 #CE53E0 #E08753 #65E053

square

#53ACE0 #CE53E0 #E08753 #65E053

split-complementary

#53ACE0 #E05365 #E0CE53

monochromatic

#1C6D9C #2691D0 #53ACE0 #87C5E9 #BBDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#53ACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACE0

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACE0	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4ea',
    500: '#53ace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ace0;
$custom-light: #90c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.128,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71114,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACE0

secondary

#E2C0AC

accent

#5A14D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACE0

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

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