#53AFE1#53AFE1

#53AFE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFE1
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -12.37, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 35.50, 249.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0648 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.114 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4826, 37.9319, 76.8293)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFE1 #E18553

analogous

#53E1CC #53AFE1 #5368E1

triadic

#53AFE1 #E153AF #AFE153

tetradic

#53AFE1 #CC53E1 #E18553 #68E153

square

#53AFE1 #CC53E1 #E18553 #68E153

split-complementary

#53AFE1 #E15368 #E1CC53

monochromatic

#1C709E #2595D2 #53AFE1 #87C7EA #BBDFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#53AFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#53AFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFE1

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFE1	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6ea',
    500: '#53afe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afe1;
$custom-light: #90c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFE1

secondary

#E3C0AD

accent

#5613D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFE1

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

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