#53AFE2#53AFE2

#53AFE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.115 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFE2
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 22.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -12.05, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 35.85, 250.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0645 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.115 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6194, 37.9866, 77.5498)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFE2 #E28653

analogous

#53E2CE #53AFE2 #5367E2

triadic

#53AFE2 #E253AF #AFE253

tetradic

#53AFE2 #CE53E2 #E28653 #67E253

square

#53AFE2 #CE53E2 #E28653 #67E253

split-complementary

#53AFE2 #E25367 #E2CE53

monochromatic

#1B70A0 #2495D4 #53AFE2 #87C7EB #BCE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53AFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#53AFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFE2

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFE2	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.115 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6eb',
    500: '#53afe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afe2;
$custom-light: #91c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7189,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFE2

secondary

#E4C1AD

accent

#5712D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFE2

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

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