#53AED1#53AED1

#53AED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.100 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED1
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -16.80, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 30.86, 237.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0694 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.1 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2074, 36.7116, 65.8033)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED1 #D17653

analogous

#53D1B5 #53AED1 #536FD1

triadic

#53AED1 #D153AE #AED153

tetradic

#53AED1 #B553D1 #D17653 #6FD153

square

#53AED1 #B553D1 #D17653 #6FD153

split-complementary

#53AED1 #D1536F #D1B553

monochromatic

#246B86 #3191B6 #53AED1 #83C5DE #B4DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53AED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#53AED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED1

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED1	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.100 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6df',
    500: '#53aed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed1;
$custom-light: #8fc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70914,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED1

secondary

#D9B5A6

accent

#7247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED1

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

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