#53ACC0#53ACC0

#53ACC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACC0
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -20.84, -18.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 27.74, 221.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0738 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.09 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8304, 35.1472, 55.1764)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACC0 #C06753

analogous

#53C09E #53ACC0 #5376C0

triadic

#53ACC0 #C053AC #ACC053

tetradic

#53ACC0 #9E53C0 #C06753 #76C053

square

#53ACC0 #9E53C0 #C06753 #76C053

split-complementary

#53ACC0 #C05376 #C09E53

monochromatic

#296370 #398A9C #53ACC0 #80C2D0 #ADD7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#53ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#53ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACC0

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACC0	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5d3',
    500: '#53acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acc0;
$custom-light: #8dc5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69754,
    "c": 0.08956,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACC0

secondary

#CFA9A0

accent

#6A52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACC0

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

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