#53AED2#53AED2

#53AED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED2
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -16.50, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 31.11, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0691 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.101 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3316, 36.7612, 66.4574)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED2 #D27753

analogous

#53D2B7 #53AED2 #536FD2

triadic

#53AED2 #D253AE #AED253

tetradic

#53AED2 #B753D2 #D27753 #6FD253

square

#53AED2 #B753D2 #D27753 #6FD253

split-complementary

#53AED2 #D2536F #D2B753

monochromatic

#236B87 #3091B8 #53AED2 #84C5DF #B4DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#53AED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED2	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e0',
    500: '#53aed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed2;
$custom-light: #8fc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.008,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70956,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED2

secondary

#DAB5A7

accent

#7246E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED2

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

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