#53AFE4#53AFE4

#53AFE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFE4
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 228)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -11.42, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 36.56, 251.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0638 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.116 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8955, 38.0970, 79.0036)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFE4 #E48853

analogous

#53E4D0 #53AFE4 #5366E4

triadic

#53AFE4 #E453AF #AFE453

tetradic

#53AFE4 #D053E4 #E48853 #66E453

square

#53AFE4 #D053E4 #E48853 #66E453

split-complementary

#53AFE4 #E45366 #E4D053

monochromatic

#1A71A3 #2295D8 #53AFE4 #88C8EC #BDE0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#53AFE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#53AFE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFE4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFE4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ec',
    500: '#53afe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afe4;
$custom-light: #91c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.931,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.11649,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFE4

secondary

#E5C2AE

accent

#5811D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFE4

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

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