#53ACE5#53ACE5

#53ACE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACE5
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -9.46, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 37.75, 255.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0604 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.119 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4573, 36.9979, 79.5443)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACE5 #E58C53

analogous

#53E5D5 #53ACE5 #5363E5

triadic

#53ACE5 #E553AC #ACE553

tetradic

#53ACE5 #D553E5 #E58C53 #63E553

square

#53ACE5 #D553E5 #E58C53 #63E553

split-complementary

#53ACE5 #E55363 #E5D553

monochromatic

#196EA5 #2192DA #53ACE5 #88C6ED #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#53ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACE5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACE5	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4ed',
    500: '#53ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ace5;
$custom-light: #91c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.425,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71347,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACE5

secondary

#E5C4AE

accent

#5D10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACE5

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

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