#53AEEC#53AEEC

#53AEEC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEEC
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -8.31, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 39.90, 257.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0602 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.125 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8379, 38.1637, 84.9237)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEEC #EC9153

analogous

#53ECDE #53AEEC #5361EC

triadic

#53AEEC #EC53AE #AEEC53

tetradic

#53AEEC #DE53EC #EC9153 #61EC53

square

#53AEEC #DE53EC #EC9153 #61EC53

split-complementary

#53AEEC #EC5361 #ECDE53

monochromatic

#1471B1 #1C94E6 #53AEEC #8AC8F2 #C1E2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#53AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEEC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEEC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6f2',
    500: '#53aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aeec;
$custom-light: #92c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.314,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7213,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEEC

secondary

#E9C8B2

accent

#5F09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEEC

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

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