#53ADE2#53ADE2

#53ADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.116 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADE2
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -10.97, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 36.35, 252.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0624 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.116 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2331, 37.2139, 77.4211)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADE2 #E28853

analogous

#53E2D0 #53ADE2 #5365E2

triadic

#53ADE2 #E253AD #ADE253

tetradic

#53ADE2 #D053E2 #E28853 #65E253

square

#53ADE2 #D053E2 #E28853 #65E253

split-complementary

#53ADE2 #E25365 #E2D053

monochromatic

#1B6EA0 #2493D4 #53ADE2 #87C6EB #BCDFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53ADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#53ADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADE2

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADE2	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819EE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.116 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5eb',
    500: '#53ade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ade2;
$custom-light: #91c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71434,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADE2

secondary

#E4C1AD

accent

#5A12D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADE2

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

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