#53ACE6#53ACE6

#53ACE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACE6
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, -9.14, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 38.14, 256.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0601 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.12 240)
XYZ	xyz(32.5973, 37.0539, 80.2818)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACE6 #E68D53

analogous

#53E6D6 #53ACE6 #5363E6

triadic

#53ACE6 #E653AC #ACE653

tetradic

#53ACE6 #D653E6 #E68D53 #63E653

square

#53ACE6 #D653E6 #E68D53 #63E653

split-complementary

#53ACE6 #E65363 #E6D653

monochromatic

#186EA6 #2092DC #53ACE6 #88C6EE #BEE0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53ACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#53ACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACE6

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACE6	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ACE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4ee',
    500: '#53ace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ace6;
$custom-light: #91c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.673,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71394,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.37057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACE6

secondary

#E6C5AF

accent

#5E0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACE6

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

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