#53AED4#53AED4

#53AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED4
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -15.88, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 31.64, 239.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0683 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.102 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5824, 36.8615, 67.7779)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED4 #D47953

analogous

#53D4B9 #53AED4 #536ED4

triadic

#53AED4 #D453AE #AED453

tetradic

#53AED4 #B953D4 #D47953 #6ED453

square

#53AED4 #B953D4 #D47953 #6ED453

split-complementary

#53AED4 #D4536E #D4B953

monochromatic

#236C8A #2F92BB #53AED4 #84C5E0 #B5DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#53AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED4

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED4	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e1',
    500: '#53aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed4;
$custom-light: #8fc6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED4

secondary

#DBB7A8

accent

#7345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED4

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

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