#53AEE4#53AEE4

#53AEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEE4
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -10.87, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 36.82, 252.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0628 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.117 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7015, 37.7092, 78.9390)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEE4 #E48953

analogous

#53E4D1 #53AEE4 #5365E4

triadic

#53AEE4 #E453AE #AEE453

tetradic

#53AEE4 #D153E4 #E48953 #65E453

square

#53AEE4 #D153E4 #E48953 #65E453

split-complementary

#53AEE4 #E45365 #E4D153

monochromatic

#1A70A3 #2294D8 #53AEE4 #88C7EC #BDE0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#53AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEE4

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEE4	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ec',
    500: '#53aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aee4;
$custom-light: #91c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.345,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEE4

secondary

#E5C2AE

accent

#5A11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEE4

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

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