#53ABCE#53ABCE

#53ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.098 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABCE
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -16.13, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 30.38, 237.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0673 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.098 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2664, 35.4182, 63.6746)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABCE #CE7653

analogous

#53CEB4 #53ABCE #536ECE

triadic

#53ABCE #CE53AB #ABCE53

tetradic

#53ABCE #B453CE #CE7653 #6ECE53

square

#53ABCE #B453CE #CE7653 #6ECE53

split-complementary

#53ABCE #CE536E #CEB453

monochromatic

#256782 #338DB1 #53ABCE #83C2DC #B2DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#53ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABCE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABCE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.098 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4dd',
    500: '#53abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abce;
$custom-light: #8ec4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.073,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70089,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABCE

secondary

#D8B4A5

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABCE

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

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