#53ADE4#53ADE4

#53ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADE4
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -10.33, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 37.09, 253.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0617 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.118 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5091, 37.3243, 78.8748)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADE4 #E48A53

analogous

#53E4D3 #53ADE4 #5364E4

triadic

#53ADE4 #E453AD #ADE453

tetradic

#53ADE4 #D353E4 #E48A53 #64E453

square

#53ADE4 #D353E4 #E48A53 #64E453

split-complementary

#53ADE4 #E45364 #E4D353

monochromatic

#1A6FA3 #2293D8 #53ADE4 #88C6EC #BDDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#53ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADE4

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADE4	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5ec',
    500: '#53ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ade4;
$custom-light: #91c5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADE4

secondary

#E5C3AE

accent

#5B11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADE4

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

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