#53ACC7#53ACC7

#53ACC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.093 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACC7
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 199)
HSL	hsl(194, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -18.77, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 28.78, 229.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0711 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.093 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6245, 35.4648, 59.3586)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACC7 #C76E53

analogous

#53C7A8 #53ACC7 #5372C7

triadic

#53ACC7 #C753AC #ACC753

tetradic

#53ACC7 #A853C7 #C76E53 #72C753

square

#53ACC7 #A853C7 #C76E53 #72C753

split-complementary

#53ACC7 #C75372 #C7A853

monochromatic

#276578 #368CA7 #53ACC7 #81C2D6 #AFD9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#53ACC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#53ACC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACC7

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACC7	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.093 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4d8',
    500: '#53acc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acc7;
$custom-light: #8dc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACC7

secondary

#D3AEA3

accent

#6E4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACC7

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

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