#53AED6#53AED6

#53AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED6
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -15.27, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 32.20, 241.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0676 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.104 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8362, 36.9631, 69.1148)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED6 #D67B53

analogous

#53D6BD #53AED6 #536CD6

triadic

#53AED6 #D653AE #AED653

tetradic

#53AED6 #BD53D6 #D67B53 #6CD653

square

#53AED6 #BD53D6 #D67B53 #6CD653

split-complementary

#53AED6 #D6536C #D6BD53

monochromatic

#226C8D #2D92BE #53AED6 #84C5E2 #B6DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#53AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED6

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED6	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e2',
    500: '#53aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed6;
$custom-light: #8fc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71127,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED6

secondary

#DCB8A8

accent

#7443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED6

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

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