#53ABD6#53ABD6

#53ABD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD6
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 214)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -13.66, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 32.68, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0644 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.105 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2631, 35.8169, 68.9238)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD6 #D67E53

analogous

#53D6C0 #53ABD6 #5369D6

triadic

#53ABD6 #D653AB #ABD653

tetradic

#53ABD6 #C053D6 #D67E53 #69D653

square

#53ABD6 #C053D6 #D67E53 #69D653

split-complementary

#53ABD6 #D65369 #D6C053

monochromatic

#226A8D #2D8FBE #53ABD6 #84C3E2 #B6DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53ABD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#53ABD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD6

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD6	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e2',
    500: '#53abd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd6;
$custom-light: #8fc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70435,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD6

secondary

#DCB9A8

accent

#7843E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD6

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

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