#53ABC7#53ABC7

#53ABC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.093 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABC7
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -18.25, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 28.78, 230.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.07 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.093 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4349, 35.0856, 59.2954)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABC7 #C76F53

analogous

#53C7A9 #53ABC7 #5371C7

triadic

#53ABC7 #C753AB #ABC753

tetradic

#53ABC7 #A953C7 #C76F53 #71C753

square

#53ABC7 #A953C7 #C76F53 #71C753

split-complementary

#53ABC7 #C75371 #C7A953

monochromatic

#276578 #368BA7 #53ABC7 #81C2D6 #AFD8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#53ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABC7

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABC7	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.093 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d8',
    500: '#53abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abc7;
$custom-light: #8dc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69798,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABC7

secondary

#D3AEA3

accent

#6F4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABC7

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

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