#53ABD2#53ABD2

#53ABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD2
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -14.90, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 31.47, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0659 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.102 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7585, 35.6150, 66.2664)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD2 #D27A53

analogous

#53D2B9 #53ABD2 #536CD2

triadic

#53ABD2 #D253AB #ABD253

tetradic

#53ABD2 #B953D2 #D27A53 #6CD253

square

#53ABD2 #B953D2 #D27A53 #6CD253

split-complementary

#53ABD2 #D2536C #D2B953

monochromatic

#236987 #308EB8 #53ABD2 #84C3DF #B4DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53ABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#53ABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD2	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e0',
    500: '#53abd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd2;
$custom-light: #8fc4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.425,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7026,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD2

secondary

#DAB7A7

accent

#7646E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD2

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

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