#53AED0#53AED0

#53AED0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.099 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED0
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -17.11, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 30.62, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0698 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.099 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0840, 36.6622, 65.1534)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED0 #D07553

analogous

#53D0B4 #53AED0 #5370D0

triadic

#53AED0 #D053AE #AED053

tetradic

#53AED0 #B453D0 #D07553 #70D053

square

#53AED0 #B453D0 #D07553 #70D053

split-complementary

#53AED0 #D05370 #D0B453

monochromatic

#246A84 #3191B4 #53AED0 #83C5DD #B3DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53AED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#53AED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED0

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED0	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.099 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6de',
    500: '#53aed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed0;
$custom-light: #8fc6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.32,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70872,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED0

secondary

#D9B4A6

accent

#7147E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED0

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

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