#53ACCE#53ACCE

#53ACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACCE
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -16.66, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 30.29, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0684 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.098 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4560, 35.7974, 63.7378)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACCE #CE7553

analogous

#53CEB2 #53ACCE #536FCE

triadic

#53ACCE #CE53AC #ACCE53

tetradic

#53ACCE #B253CE #CE7553 #6FCE53

square

#53ACCE #B253CE #CE7553 #6FCE53

split-complementary

#53ACCE #CE536F #CEB253

monochromatic

#256882 #338EB1 #53ACCE #83C3DC #B2DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53ACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#53ACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACCE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACCE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4dd',
    500: '#53acce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acce;
$custom-light: #8ec4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACCE

secondary

#D8B3A5

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACCE

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

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