#53AED3#53AED3

#53AED3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED3
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -16.19, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 31.37, 238.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0687 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.102 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4566, 36.8112, 67.1156)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED3 #D37853

analogous

#53D3B8 #53AED3 #536ED3

triadic

#53AED3 #D353AE #AED353

tetradic

#53AED3 #B853D3 #D37853 #6ED353

square

#53AED3 #B853D3 #D37853 #6ED353

split-complementary

#53AED3 #D3536E #D3B853

monochromatic

#236B89 #2F91B9 #53AED3 #84C5DF #B4DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#53AED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED3

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED3	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e0',
    500: '#53aed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed3;
$custom-light: #8fc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70999,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED3

secondary

#DBB6A7

accent

#7345E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED3

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

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