#53ACD2#53ACD2

#53ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.101 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACD2
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -15.43, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.34, 240.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0669 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.101 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9481, 35.9942, 66.3296)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACD2 #D27953

analogous

#53D2B9 #53ACD2 #536CD2

triadic

#53ACD2 #D253AC #ACD253

tetradic

#53ACD2 #B953D2 #D27953 #6CD253

square

#53ACD2 #B953D2 #D27953 #6CD253

split-complementary

#53ACD2 #D2536C #D2B953

monochromatic

#236987 #308FB8 #53ACD2 #84C3DF #B4DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#53ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACD2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.101 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e0',
    500: '#53acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acd2;
$custom-light: #8fc4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70492,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACD2

secondary

#DAB6A7

accent

#7546E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACD2

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

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