#53ABC8#53ABC8

#53ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.094 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABC8
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -17.95, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 28.99, 231.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0696 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.094 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5514, 35.1322, 59.9089)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABC8 #C87053

analogous

#53C8AB #53ABC8 #5370C8

triadic

#53ABC8 #C853AB #ABC853

tetradic

#53ABC8 #AB53C8 #C87053 #70C853

square

#53ABC8 #AB53C8 #C87053 #70C853

split-complementary

#53ABC8 #C85370 #C8AB53

monochromatic

#27657A #368CA8 #53ABC8 #81C2D7 #B0D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABC8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABC8	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.094 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4d8',
    500: '#53abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abc8;
$custom-light: #8ec4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.872,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69839,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABC8

secondary

#D4AFA3

accent

#704DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABC8

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

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