#53ACD8#53ACD8

#53ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACD8
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -13.57, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 33.13, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0648 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.107 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7097, 36.2989, 70.3404)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACD8 #D87F53

analogous

#53D8C2 #53ACD8 #5369D8

triadic

#53ACD8 #D853AC #ACD853

tetradic

#53ACD8 #C253D8 #D87F53 #69D853

square

#53ACD8 #C253D8 #D87F53 #69D853

split-complementary

#53ACD8 #D85369 #D8C253

monochromatic

#216B90 #2C90C2 #53ACD8 #85C4E3 #B7DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#53ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACD8	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e4',
    500: '#53acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acd8;
$custom-light: #8fc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACD8

secondary

#DEBBA9

accent

#7842E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACD8

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

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