#53ACCC#53ACCC

#53ACCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACCC
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -17.27, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 29.81, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0692 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.097 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2146, 35.7008, 62.4664)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACCC #CC7353

analogous

#53CCB0 #53ACCC #5370CC

triadic

#53ACCC #CC53AC #ACCC53

tetradic

#53ACCC #B053CC #CC7353 #70CC53

square

#53ACCC #B053CC #CC7353 #70CC53

split-complementary

#53ACCC #CC5370 #CCB053

monochromatic

#26677F #348EAE #53ACCC #82C3DA #B1DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#53ACCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#53ACCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACCC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACCC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53accc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4db',
    500: '#53accc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53accc;
$custom-light: #8ec4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53accc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACCC

secondary

#D6B2A4

accent

#714ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACCC

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

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