#53AEE0#53AEE0

#53AEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.113 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEE0
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -12.14, -33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 35.39, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0641 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.113 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1527, 37.4897, 76.0483)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEE0 #E08553

analogous

#53E0CC #53AEE0 #5367E0

triadic

#53AEE0 #E053AE #AEE053

tetradic

#53AEE0 #CC53E0 #E08553 #67E053

square

#53AEE0 #CC53E0 #E08553 #67E053

split-complementary

#53AEE0 #E05367 #E0CC53

monochromatic

#1C6F9C #2694D0 #53AEE0 #87C6E9 #BBDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#53AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEE0

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEE0	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.113 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6ea',
    500: '#53aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aee0;
$custom-light: #90c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.277,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71571,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEE0

secondary

#E2C0AC

accent

#5714D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEE0

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

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