#53ACEF#53ACEF

#53ACEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACEF
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 28%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -6.23, -41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 41.82, 261.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0573 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.13 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8939, 37.5725, 87.1106)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACEF #EF9653

analogous

#53EFE4 #53ACEF #535EEF

triadic

#53ACEF #EF53AC #ACEF53

tetradic

#53ACEF #E453EF #EF9653 #5EEF53

square

#53ACEF #E453EF #EF9653 #5EEF53

split-complementary

#53ACEF #EF535E #EFE453

monochromatic

#116FB7 #1B91EA #53ACEF #8BC7F4 #C3E2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53ACEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#53ACEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACEF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACEF	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799EEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4f4',
    500: '#53acef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acef;
$custom-light: #92c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.769,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACEF

secondary

#EBCBB3

accent

#6306DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACEF

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

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