#53AED8#53AED8

#53AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED8
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -14.65, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 32.79, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0669 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.106 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0932, 37.0659, 70.4682)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED8 #D87D53

analogous

#53D8BF #53AED8 #536BD8

triadic

#53AED8 #D853AE #AED853

tetradic

#53AED8 #BF53D8 #D87D53 #6BD853

square

#53AED8 #BF53D8 #D87D53 #6BD853

split-complementary

#53AED8 #D8536B #D8BF53

monochromatic

#216D90 #2C93C2 #53AED8 #85C5E3 #B7DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#53AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED8

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED8	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc6e4',
    500: '#53aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed8;
$custom-light: #8fc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED8

secondary

#DEBAA9

accent

#7642E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED8

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

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