#53AFE0#53AFE0

#53AFE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.113 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFE0
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -12.68, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 35.16, 248.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0651 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.113 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3466, 37.8775, 76.1130)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFE0 #E08453

analogous

#53E0CA #53AFE0 #5368E0

triadic

#53AFE0 #E053AF #AFE053

tetradic

#53AFE0 #CA53E0 #E08453 #68E053

square

#53AFE0 #CA53E0 #E08453 #68E053

split-complementary

#53AFE0 #E05368 #E0CA53

monochromatic

#1C709C #2695D0 #53AFE0 #87C7E9 #BBDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53AFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#53AFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFE0

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFE0	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.113 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6ea',
    500: '#53afe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afe0;
$custom-light: #90c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.851,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71799,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFE0

secondary

#E2BFAC

accent

#5614D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFE0

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

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