#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
RGB	rgb(83, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -11.46, -33.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 35.04, 250.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.062 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.112 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1763, 36.1822, 73.7334)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53ABDD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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