#53ACD3#53ACD3

#53ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACD3
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -15.13, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 31.62, 241.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0666 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.102 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0731, 36.0442, 66.9878)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACD3 #D37A53

analogous

#53D3BA #53ACD3 #536CD3

triadic

#53ACD3 #D353AC #ACD353

tetradic

#53ACD3 #BA53D3 #D37A53 #6CD353

square

#53ACD3 #BA53D3 #D37A53 #6CD353

split-complementary

#53ACD3 #D3536C #D3BA53

monochromatic

#236A89 #2F8FB9 #53ACD3 #84C4DF #B4DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#53ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD3

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACD3	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e0',
    500: '#53acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acd3;
$custom-light: #8fc4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70535,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACD3

secondary

#DBB7A7

accent

#7545E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACD3

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

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