#53AEDC#53AEDC

#53AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEDC
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -13.40, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 34.04, 246.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0655 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.109 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6166, 37.2752, 73.2249)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEDC #DC8153

analogous

#53DCC6 #53AEDC #536ADC

triadic

#53AEDC #DC53AE #AEDC53

tetradic

#53AEDC #C653DC #DC8153 #6ADC53

square

#53AEDC #C653DC #DC8153 #6ADC53

split-complementary

#53AEDC #DC536A #DCC653

monochromatic

#1F6E96 #2993C9 #53AEDC #86C6E6 #B9DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#53AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEDC

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEDC	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e7',
    500: '#53aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aedc;
$custom-light: #90c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71391,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEDC

secondary

#E0BDAB

accent

#783FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEDC

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

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