#53ABC2#53ABC2

#53ABC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.090 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABC2
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -19.73, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 27.93, 225.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0719 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.09 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8639, 34.8572, 56.2882)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABC2 #C26A53

analogous

#53C2A1 #53ABC2 #5374C2

triadic

#53ABC2 #C253AB #ABC253

tetradic

#53ABC2 #A153C2 #C26A53 #74C253

square

#53ABC2 #A153C2 #C26A53 #74C253

split-complementary

#53ABC2 #C25374 #C2A153

monochromatic

#286372 #388A9F #53ABC2 #80C1D2 #ADD7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#53ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#53ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABC2

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABC2	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.090 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d4',
    500: '#53abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abc2;
$custom-light: #8dc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.432,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69596,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABC2

secondary

#D0ABA1

accent

#6C51D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABC2

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

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