#53ABD7#53ABD7

#53ABD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.106 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD7
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -13.35, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 33.00, 246.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0641 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.106 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3912, 35.8681, 69.5984)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD7 #D77F53

analogous

#53D7C1 #53ABD7 #5369D7

triadic

#53ABD7 #D753AB #ABD753

tetradic

#53ABD7 #C153D7 #D77F53 #69D753

square

#53ABD7 #C153D7 #D77F53 #69D753

split-complementary

#53ABD7 #D75369 #D7C153

monochromatic

#216A8E #2D8FC0 #53ABD7 #85C3E3 #B6DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53ABD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#53ABD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD7

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD7	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.106 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e3',
    500: '#53abd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd7;
$custom-light: #8fc4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD7

secondary

#DDBAA9

accent

#7942E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD7

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

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