#53ABC5#53ABC5

#53ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.092 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABC5
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -18.84, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 28.41, 228.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0707 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.092 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2043, 34.9933, 58.0805)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABC5 #C56D53

analogous

#53C5A6 #53ABC5 #5372C5

triadic

#53ABC5 #C553AB #ABC553

tetradic

#53ABC5 #A653C5 #C56D53 #72C553

square

#53ABC5 #A653C5 #C56D53 #72C553

split-complementary

#53ABC5 #C55372 #C5A653

monochromatic

#286476 #378BA4 #53ABC5 #81C1D4 #AFD8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#53ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#53ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABC5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABC5	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.092 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d6',
    500: '#53abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abc5;
$custom-light: #8dc4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69717,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABC5

secondary

#D2ADA2

accent

#6E4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABC5

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

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