#53ABDC#53ABDC

#53ABDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ABDC
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -11.78, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 34.69, 250.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0623 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.111 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0435, 36.1290, 73.0339)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ABDC #DC8453

analogous

#53DCC9 #53ABDC #5367DC

triadic

#53ABDC #DC53AB #ABDC53

tetradic

#53ABDC #C953DC #DC8453 #67DC53

square

#53ABDC #C953DC #DC8453 #67DC53

split-complementary

#53ABDC #DC5367 #DCC953

monochromatic

#1F6B96 #2990C9 #53ABDC #86C4E6 #B9DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53ABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#53ABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABDC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ABDC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53abdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e7',
    500: '#53abdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53abdc;
$custom-light: #90c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53abdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.46,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70703,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ABDC

secondary

#E0BEAB

accent

#7C3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABDC

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

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