#53ACD0#53ACD0

#53ACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACD0
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -16.05, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 30.80, 238.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0677 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.1 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7005, 35.8952, 65.0255)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACD0 #D07753

analogous

#53D0B6 #53ACD0 #536ED0

triadic

#53ACD0 #D053AC #ACD053

tetradic

#53ACD0 #B653D0 #D07753 #6ED053

square

#53ACD0 #B653D0 #D07753 #6ED053

split-complementary

#53ACD0 #D0536E #D0B653

monochromatic

#246984 #318FB4 #53ACD0 #83C3DD #B3DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53ACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#53ACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD0

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACD0	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec4de',
    500: '#53acd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acd0;
$custom-light: #8ec4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70406,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACD0

secondary

#D9B5A6

accent

#7347E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACD0

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

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