#53AED5#53AED5

#53AED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.103 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED5
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -15.58, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 31.92, 240.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.068 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.103 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7089, 36.9121, 68.4443)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED5 #D57A53

analogous

#53D5BB #53AED5 #536DD5

triadic

#53AED5 #D553AE #AED553

tetradic

#53AED5 #BB53D5 #D57A53 #6DD553

square

#53AED5 #BB53D5 #D57A53 #6DD553

split-complementary

#53AED5 #D5536D #D5BB53

monochromatic

#226C8C #2E92BD #53AED5 #84C5E1 #B5DCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#53AED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED5	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.103 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e2',
    500: '#53aed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed5;
$custom-light: #8fc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED5

secondary

#DCB8A8

accent

#7444E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED5

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

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