#53ADE6#53ADE6

#53ADE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.120 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADE6
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -9.69, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 37.85, 255.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0611 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.12 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7883, 37.4360, 80.3455)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADE6 #E68C53

analogous

#53E6D5 #53ADE6 #5364E6

triadic

#53ADE6 #E653AD #ADE653

tetradic

#53ADE6 #D553E6 #E68C53 #64E653

square

#53ADE6 #D553E6 #E68C53 #64E653

split-complementary

#53ADE6 #E65364 #E6D553

monochromatic

#186FA6 #2093DC #53ADE6 #88C6EE #BEE0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53ADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#53ADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADE6

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADE6	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ADE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.120 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c5ee',
    500: '#53ade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ade6;
$custom-light: #91c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADE6

secondary

#E6C4AF

accent

#5C0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADE6

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

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