#53ADE0#53ADE0

#53ADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADE0
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -11.60, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 35.62, 251.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0631 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.114 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9602, 37.1047, 75.9842)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADE0 #E08653

analogous

#53E0CC #53ADE0 #5367E0

triadic

#53ADE0 #E053AD #ADE053

tetradic

#53ADE0 #CC53E0 #E08653 #67E053

square

#53ADE0 #CC53E0 #E08653 #67E053

split-complementary

#53ADE0 #E05367 #E0CC53

monochromatic

#1C6E9C #2693D0 #53ADE0 #87C6E9 #BBDEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53ADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#53ADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADE0

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADE0	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5ea',
    500: '#53ade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ade0;
$custom-light: #90c5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADE0

secondary

#E2C0AC

accent

#5914D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADE0

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

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