#53ABCD#53ABCD

#53ABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.098 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABCD
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -16.43, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 30.13, 236.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0677 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.098 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1453, 35.3698, 63.0369)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABCD #CD7553

analogous

#53CDB2 #53ABCD #536ECD

triadic

#53ABCD #CD53AB #ABCD53

tetradic

#53ABCD #B253CD #CD7553 #6ECD53

square

#53ABCD #B253CD #CD7553 #6ECD53

split-complementary

#53ABCD #CD536E #CDB253

monochromatic

#256780 #338DB0 #53ABCD #82C2DB #B2D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#53ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABCD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABCD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.098 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4dc',
    500: '#53abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abcd;
$custom-light: #8ec4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABCD

secondary

#D7B3A5

accent

#734ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABCD

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

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