#53ACE4#53ACE4

#53ACE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACE4
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 228)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 24.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -9.78, -36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 37.37, 254.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0607 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.118 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3180, 36.9422, 78.8111)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACE4 #E48B53

analogous

#53E4D3 #53ACE4 #5363E4

triadic

#53ACE4 #E453AC #ACE453

tetradic

#53ACE4 #D353E4 #E48B53 #63E453

square

#53ACE4 #D353E4 #E48B53 #63E453

split-complementary

#53ACE4 #E45363 #E4D353

monochromatic

#1A6EA3 #2292D8 #53ACE4 #88C6EC #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53ACE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#53ACE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACE4

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACE4	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ace4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4ec',
    500: '#53ace4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ace4;
$custom-light: #91c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ace4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.172,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.713,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACE4

secondary

#E5C3AE

accent

#5C11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACE4

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

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