#53ABCC#53ABCC

#53ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABCC
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -16.74, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 29.88, 235.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0681 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.097 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0250, 35.3216, 62.4032)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABCC #CC7453

analogous

#53CCB1 #53ABCC #536FCC

triadic

#53ABCC #CC53AB #ABCC53

tetradic

#53ABCC #B153CC #CC7453 #6FCC53

square

#53ABCC #B153CC #CC7453 #6FCC53

split-complementary

#53ABCC #CC536F #CCB153

monochromatic

#26677F #348DAE #53ABCC #82C2DA #B1D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#53ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABCC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABCC	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 225.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70005,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABCC

secondary

#D6B2A4

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABCC

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

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