#53ACC5#53ACC5

#53ACC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.092 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACC5
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -19.37, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 28.43, 227.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0718 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.092 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3939, 35.3725, 58.1437)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACC5 #C56C53

analogous

#53C5A5 #53ACC5 #5373C5

triadic

#53ACC5 #C553AC #ACC553

tetradic

#53ACC5 #A553C5 #C56C53 #73C553

square

#53ACC5 #A553C5 #C56C53 #73C553

split-complementary

#53ACC5 #C55373 #C5A553

monochromatic

#286576 #378CA4 #53ACC5 #81C2D4 #AFD8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#53ACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#53ACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACC5

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACC5	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.092 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5d6',
    500: '#53acc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acc5;
$custom-light: #8dc5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69952,
    "c": 0.09219,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACC5

secondary

#D2ACA2

accent

#6D4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACC5

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

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