#53ABDD#53ABDD

#53ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53ABDD
RGBrgb(83, 171, 221)
HSLhsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(202, 62%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.66, -11.46, -33.11)
CIE-LCHlch(66.66, 35.04, 250.91°)
OKLaboklab(70.75% -0.062 -0.0928)
OKLCHoklch(70.75% 0.112 236.3)
XYZxyz(31.1763, 36.1822, 73.7334)
Luminance0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53ABDD #DD8553
analogous
#53DDCA #53ABDD #5366DD
triadic
#53ABDD #DD53AB #ABDD53
tetradic
#53ABDD #CA53DD #DD8553 #66DD53
square
#53ABDD #CA53DD #DD8553 #66DD53
split-complementary
#53ABDD #DD5366 #DDCA53
monochromatic
#1E6C98 #2890CB #53ABDD #86C4E7 #B9DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55
#53ABDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24
#53ABDD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ABDD
8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53ABDD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53ABDD1.002.558.248.24
#FFFFFF2.551.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2421.001.001.00
##0000008.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93AADF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#809CDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 236.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e7',
    500: '#53abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53abdd;
$custom-light: #90c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53ABDD
secondary
#E1BFAB
accent
#7C3EEA
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FC
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ABDD

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#53ABDD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva