#53ACD5#53ACD5

#53ACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACD5
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(199, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -14.51, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 32.20, 243.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0659 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.104 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3254, 36.1451, 68.3164)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACD5 #D57C53

analogous

#53D5BD #53ACD5 #536BD5

triadic

#53ACD5 #D553AC #ACD553

tetradic

#53ACD5 #BD53D5 #D57C53 #6BD553

square

#53ACD5 #BD53D5 #D57C53 #6BD553

split-complementary

#53ACD5 #D5536B #D5BD53

monochromatic

#226A8C #2E90BD #53ACD5 #84C4E1 #B5DBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53ACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#53ACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD5

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACD5	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e2',
    500: '#53acd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acd5;
$custom-light: #8fc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACD5

secondary

#DCB8A8

accent

#7644E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACD5

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

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