#53AEDB#53AEDB

#53AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.108 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEDB
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -13.71, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 33.72, 246.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0658 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.108 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4846, 37.2224, 72.5295)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEDB #DB8053

analogous

#53DBC4 #53AEDB #536ADB

triadic

#53AEDB #DB53AE #AEDB53

tetradic

#53AEDB #C453DB #DB8053 #6ADB53

square

#53AEDB #C453DB #DB8053 #6ADB53

split-complementary

#53AEDB #DB536A #DBC453

monochromatic

#1F6E95 #2A93C7 #53AEDB #86C6E6 #B8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#53AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEDB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEDB	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.108 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e6',
    500: '#53aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aedb;
$custom-light: #90c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71346,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEDB

secondary

#DFBCAA

accent

#773FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEDB

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

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