#53ABC3#53ABC3

#53ABC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.091 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABC3
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -19.44, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 28.08, 226.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0715 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.091 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9766, 34.9023, 56.8816)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABC3 #C36B53

analogous

#53C3A3 #53ABC3 #5373C3

triadic

#53ABC3 #C353AB #ABC353

tetradic

#53ABC3 #A353C3 #C36B53 #73C353

square

#53ABC3 #A353C3 #C36B53 #73C353

split-complementary

#53ABC3 #C35373 #C3A353

monochromatic

#286373 #388AA1 #53ABC3 #80C1D3 #AED7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#53ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#53ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABC3

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABC3	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.091 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d5',
    500: '#53abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abc3;
$custom-light: #8dc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69636,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABC3

secondary

#D1ABA1

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABC3

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

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