#53AFDF#53AFDF

#53AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFDF
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -13.00, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 34.82, 248.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0655 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.112 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2114, 37.8234, 75.4008)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFDF #DF8353

analogous

#53DFC9 #53AFDF #5369DF

triadic

#53AFDF #DF53AF #AFDF53

tetradic

#53AFDF #C953DF #DF8353 #69DF53

square

#53AFDF #C953DF #DF8353 #69DF53

split-complementary

#53AFDF #DF5369 #DFC953

monochromatic

#1D709B #2695CE #53AFDF #87C7E9 #BADFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#53AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFDF

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFDF	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e9',
    500: '#53afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afdf;
$custom-light: #90c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71754,
    "c": 0.1117,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFDF

secondary

#E2BEAC

accent

#783CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFDF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →