#53ABD1#53ABD1

#53ABD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD1
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 209)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 18.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -15.21, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 31.19, 240.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0662 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.101 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6343, 35.5654, 65.6123)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD1 #D17953

analogous

#53D1B8 #53ABD1 #536CD1

triadic

#53ABD1 #D153AB #ABD153

tetradic

#53ABD1 #B853D1 #D17953 #6CD153

square

#53ABD1 #B853D1 #D17953 #6CD153

split-complementary

#53ABD1 #D1536C #D1B853

monochromatic

#246886 #318EB6 #53ABD1 #83C3DE #B4DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53ABD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#53ABD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD1

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD1	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4df',
    500: '#53abd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd1;
$custom-light: #8ec4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70217,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD1

secondary

#D9B6A6

accent

#7547E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD1

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

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