#53AEDE#53AEDE

#53AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEDE
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -12.77, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 34.70, 248.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0648 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.111 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8831, 37.3818, 74.6282)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEDE #DE8353

analogous

#53DEC8 #53AEDE #5369DE

triadic

#53AEDE #DE53AE #AEDE53

tetradic

#53AEDE #C853DE #DE8353 #69DE53

square

#53AEDE #C853DE #DE8353 #69DE53

split-complementary

#53AEDE #DE5369 #DEC853

monochromatic

#1D6E99 #2793CD #53AEDE #86C6E8 #BADEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEDE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEDE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849EDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e8',
    500: '#53aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aede;
$custom-light: #90c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.719,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEDE

secondary

#E1BEAC

accent

#793DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEDE

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

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