#53ACE2#53ACE2

#53ACE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACE2
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -10.42, -35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 36.61, 253.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0614 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.116 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0420, 36.8318, 77.3574)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACE2 #E28953

analogous

#53E2D0 #53ACE2 #5365E2

triadic

#53ACE2 #E253AC #ACE253

tetradic

#53ACE2 #D053E2 #E28953 #65E253

square

#53ACE2 #D053E2 #E28953 #65E253

split-complementary

#53ACE2 #E25365 #E2D053

monochromatic

#1B6EA0 #2491D4 #53ACE2 #87C5EB #BCDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53ACE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#53ACE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACE2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACE2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ace2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4eb',
    500: '#53ace2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ace2;
$custom-light: #90c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ace2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACE2

secondary

#E4C2AD

accent

#5B12D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACE2

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

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