#53AEE6#53AEE6

#53AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.119 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEE6
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -10.23, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 37.56, 254.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0621 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.119 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9808, 37.8209, 80.4096)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEE6 #E68B53

analogous

#53E6D4 #53AEE6 #5365E6

triadic

#53AEE6 #E653AE #AEE653

tetradic

#53AEE6 #D453E6 #E68B53 #65E653

square

#53AEE6 #D453E6 #E68B53 #65E653

split-complementary

#53AEE6 #E65365 #E6D453

monochromatic

#1870A6 #2094DC #53AEE6 #88C7EE #BEE0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#53AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEE6

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEE6	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.119 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ee',
    500: '#53aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aee6;
$custom-light: #91c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEE6

secondary

#E6C4AF

accent

#5B0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEE6

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

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