#53ABCB#53ABCB

#53ABCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABCB
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -17.04, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 29.64, 234.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0684 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.096 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9055, 35.2738, 61.7735)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABCB #CB7353

analogous

#53CBAF #53ABCB #536FCB

triadic

#53ABCB #CB53AB #ABCB53

tetradic

#53ABCB #AF53CB #CB7353 #6FCB53

square

#53ABCB #AF53CB #CB7353 #6FCB53

split-complementary

#53ABCB #CB536F #CBAF53

monochromatic

#26667E #348CAD #53ABCB #82C2D9 #B1D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53ABCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#53ABCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABCB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABCB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4db',
    500: '#53abcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abcb;
$custom-light: #8ec4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69963,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABCB

secondary

#D6B1A4

accent

#724BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABCB

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

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