#53AEDF#53AEDF

#53AEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEDF
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -12.46, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 35.04, 249.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0644 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.112 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0175, 37.4356, 75.3362)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEDF #DF8453

analogous

#53DFCA #53AEDF #5368DF

triadic

#53AEDF #DF53AE #AEDF53

tetradic

#53AEDF #CA53DF #DF8453 #68DF53

square

#53AEDF #CA53DF #DF8453 #68DF53

split-complementary

#53AEDF #DF5368 #DFCA53

monochromatic

#1D6F9B #2694CE #53AEDF #87C6E9 #BADFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#53AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEDF

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEDF	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e9',
    500: '#53aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aedf;
$custom-light: #90c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.11215,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEDF

secondary

#E2BFAC

accent

#7A3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEDF

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

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