#53ACC2#53ACC2

#53ACC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACC2
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -20.25, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 27.98, 223.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.073 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.091 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0535, 35.2364, 56.3514)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACC2 #C26953

analogous

#53C2A1 #53ACC2 #5375C2

triadic

#53ACC2 #C253AC #ACC253

tetradic

#53ACC2 #A153C2 #C26953 #75C253

square

#53ACC2 #A153C2 #C26953 #75C253

split-complementary

#53ACC2 #C25375 #C2A153

monochromatic

#286472 #388B9F #53ACC2 #80C2D2 #ADD8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#53ACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#53ACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACC2

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACC2	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5d4',
    500: '#53acc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acc2;
$custom-light: #8dc5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.892,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACC2

secondary

#D0AAA1

accent

#6B51D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACC2

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

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