#53ABD4#53ABD4

#53ABD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD4
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -14.28, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 32.06, 243.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0651 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.103 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0093, 35.7153, 67.5868)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD4 #D47C53

analogous

#53D4BD #53ABD4 #536AD4

triadic

#53ABD4 #D453AB #ABD453

tetradic

#53ABD4 #BD53D4 #D47C53 #6AD453

square

#53ABD4 #BD53D4 #D47C53 #6AD453

split-complementary

#53ABD4 #D4536A #D4BD53

monochromatic

#23698A #2F8EBB #53ABD4 #84C3E0 #B5DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53ABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#53ABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD4	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e1',
    500: '#53abd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd4;
$custom-light: #8fc4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.07,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70347,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD4

secondary

#DBB8A8

accent

#7745E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD4

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

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