#53AED9#53AED9

#53AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.107 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AED9
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -14.34, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 33.09, 244.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0665 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.107 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2229, 37.1177, 71.1512)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AED9 #D97E53

analogous

#53D9C1 #53AED9 #536BD9

triadic

#53AED9 #D953AE #AED953

tetradic

#53AED9 #C153D9 #D97E53 #6BD953

square

#53AED9 #C153D9 #D97E53 #6BD953

split-complementary

#53AED9 #D9536B #D9C153

monochromatic

#206D91 #2B93C4 #53AED9 #85C6E4 #B7DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#53AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AED9

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AED9	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.107 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e5',
    500: '#53aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aed9;
$custom-light: #90c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AED9

secondary

#DEBAAA

accent

#7641E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AED9

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

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