#53ABDA#53ABDA

#53ABDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABDA
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -12.41, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 34.00, 248.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.063 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.109 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7802, 36.0237, 71.6472)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABDA #DA8253

analogous

#53DAC6 #53ABDA #5368DA

triadic

#53ABDA #DA53AB #ABDA53

tetradic

#53ABDA #C653DA #DA8253 #68DA53

square

#53ABDA #C653DA #DA8253 #68DA53

split-complementary

#53ABDA #DA5368 #DAC653

monochromatic

#206B93 #2A8FC5 #53ABDA #85C4E5 #B8DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#53ABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABDA

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABDA	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e5',
    500: '#53abda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abda;
$custom-light: #8fc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABDA

secondary

#DFBCAA

accent

#7A40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABDA

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

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