#53ABDB#53ABDB

#53ABDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABDB
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -12.09, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 34.34, 249.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0627 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.11 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9115, 36.0762, 72.3385)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABDB #DB8353

analogous

#53DBC7 #53ABDB #5367DB

triadic

#53ABDB #DB53AB #ABDB53

tetradic

#53ABDB #C753DB #DB8353 #67DB53

square

#53ABDB #C753DB #DB8353 #67DB53

split-complementary

#53ABDB #DB5367 #DBC753

monochromatic

#1F6B95 #2A90C7 #53ABDB #86C4E6 #B8DCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ABDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#53ABDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABDB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABDB	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e6',
    500: '#53abdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abdb;
$custom-light: #90c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABDB

secondary

#DFBDAA

accent

#7B3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABDB

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

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