#53ACD7#53ACD7

#53ACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACD7
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -13.89, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 32.82, 244.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0651 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.106 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5808, 36.2473, 69.6616)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACD7 #D77E53

analogous

#53D7C0 #53ACD7 #536AD7

triadic

#53ACD7 #D753AC #ACD753

tetradic

#53ACD7 #C053D7 #D77E53 #6AD753

square

#53ACD7 #C053D7 #D77E53 #6AD753

split-complementary

#53ACD7 #D7536A #D7C053

monochromatic

#216B8E #2D90C0 #53ACD7 #85C4E3 #B6DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53ACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53ACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD7

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACD7	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e3',
    500: '#53acd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acd7;
$custom-light: #8fc4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACD7

secondary

#DDBAA9

accent

#7842E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACD7

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

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