#53AFDE#53AFDE

#53AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFDE
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -13.31, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 34.49, 247.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0658 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.111 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0770, 37.7696, 74.6929)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFDE #DE8253

analogous

#53DEC8 #53AFDE #5369DE

triadic

#53AFDE #DE53AF #AFDE53

tetradic

#53AFDE #C853DE #DE8253 #69DE53

square

#53AFDE #C853DE #DE8253 #69DE53

split-complementary

#53AFDE #DE5369 #DEC853

monochromatic

#1D6F99 #2795CD #53AFDE #86C7E8 #BADFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#53AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFDE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFDE	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e8',
    500: '#53afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afde;
$custom-light: #90c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFDE

secondary

#E1BEAC

accent

#783DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFDE

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

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