#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
RGBrgb(83, 175, 224)
HSLhsl(201, 69%, 60%)
HSVhsv(201, 63%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.93, -12.68, -32.79)
CIE-LCHlch(67.93, 35.16, 248.86°)
OKLaboklab(71.8% -0.0651 -0.0919)
OKLCHoklch(71.8% 0.113 234.7)
XYZxyz(32.3466, 37.8775, 76.1130)
Luminance0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##53AFE01.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#53AFE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva