#53ABD5#53ABD5

#53ABD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD5
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -13.97, -29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 32.37, 244.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0648 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.104 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1358, 35.7659, 68.2532)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD5 #D57D53

analogous

#53D5BE #53ABD5 #536AD5

triadic

#53ABD5 #D553AB #ABD553

tetradic

#53ABD5 #BE53D5 #D57D53 #6AD553

square

#53ABD5 #BE53D5 #D57D53 #6AD553

split-complementary

#53ABD5 #D5536A #D5BE53

monochromatic

#22698C #2E8FBD #53ABD5 #84C3E1 #B5DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53ABD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#53ABD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD5

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD5	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e2',
    500: '#53abd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd5;
$custom-light: #8fc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70391,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD5

secondary

#DCB9A8

accent

#7844E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD5

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

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