#53ABCF#53ABCF

#53ABCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABCF
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -15.82, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 30.64, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.067 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.099 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3883, 35.4669, 64.3164)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABCF #CF7753

analogous

#53CFB5 #53ABCF #536DCF

triadic

#53ABCF #CF53AB #ABCF53

tetradic

#53ABCF #B553CF #CF7753 #6DCF53

square

#53ABCF #B553CF #CF7753 #6DCF53

split-complementary

#53ABCF #CF536D #CFB553

monochromatic

#256883 #328DB3 #53ABCF #83C2DC #B3DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53ABCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#53ABCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABCF

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABCF	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 227.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70131,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABCF

secondary

#D8B4A6

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABCF

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

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