#53AEDD#53AEDD

#53AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEDD
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -13.09, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 34.37, 247.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0651 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.11 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7494, 37.3284, 73.9245)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEDD #DD8253

analogous

#53DDC7 #53AEDD #5369DD

triadic

#53AEDD #DD53AE #AEDD53

tetradic

#53AEDD #C753DD #DD8253 #69DD53

square

#53AEDD #C753DD #DD8253 #69DD53

split-complementary

#53AEDD #DD5369 #DDC753

monochromatic

#1E6E98 #2893CB #53AEDD #86C6E7 #B9DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#53AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEDD

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEDD	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 233.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.435,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71435,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEDD

secondary

#E1BDAB

accent

#783EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEDD

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

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