#53ABD8#53ABD8

#53ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABD8
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -13.04, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 33.33, 246.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0637 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.107 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5201, 35.9197, 70.2772)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABD8 #D88053

analogous

#53D8C2 #53ABD8 #5368D8

triadic

#53ABD8 #D853AB #ABD853

tetradic

#53ABD8 #C253D8 #D88053 #68D853

square

#53ABD8 #C253D8 #D88053 #68D853

split-complementary

#53ABD8 #D85368 #D8C253

monochromatic

#216A90 #2C8FC2 #53ABD8 #85C3E3 #B7DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#53ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABD8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABD8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e4',
    500: '#53abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abd8;
$custom-light: #8fc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.301,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABD8

secondary

#DEBBA9

accent

#7942E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABD8

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

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