#53AFE6#53AFE6

#53AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.118 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFE6
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -10.78, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 37.29, 253.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0631 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.118 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1747, 38.2087, 80.4743)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFE6 #E68A53

analogous

#53E6D4 #53AFE6 #5366E6

triadic

#53AFE6 #E653AF #AFE653

tetradic

#53AFE6 #D453E6 #E68A53 #66E653

square

#53AFE6 #D453E6 #E68A53 #66E653

split-complementary

#53AFE6 #E65366 #E6D453

monochromatic

#1871A6 #2096DC #53AFE6 #88C8EE #BEE1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#53AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#53AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFE6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFE6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.118 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6ee',
    500: '#53afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afe6;
$custom-light: #91c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.449,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFE6

secondary

#E6C3AF

accent

#5A0FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFE6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →