#53ACEC#53ACEC

#53ACEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACEC
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 236)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -7.20, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 40.56, 259.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0582 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.127 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4544, 37.3967, 84.7958)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACEC #EC9353

analogous

#53ECE0 #53ACEC #535FEC

triadic

#53ACEC #EC53AC #ACEC53

tetradic

#53ACEC #E053EC #EC9353 #5FEC53

square

#53ACEC #E053EC #EC9353 #5FEC53

split-complementary

#53ACEC #EC535F #ECE053

monochromatic

#146FB1 #1C91E6 #53ACEC #8AC7F2 #C1E1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53ACEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53ACEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACEC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACEC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4f2',
    500: '#53acec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acec;
$custom-light: #92c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.098,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71681,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACEC

secondary

#E9C9B2

accent

#6109DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACEC

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

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