#53ACD9#53ACD9

#53ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53ACD9
RGBrgb(83, 172, 217)
HSLhsl(200, 64%, 59%)
HSVhsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.79, -13.26, -30.71)
CIE-LCHlch(66.79, 33.46, 246.65°)
OKLaboklab(70.8% -0.0644 -0.0859)
OKLCHoklch(70.8% 0.107 233.1)
XYZxyz(30.8394, 36.3507, 71.0233)
Luminance0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53ACD9 #D98053
analogous
#53D9C3 #53ACD9 #5369D9
triadic
#53ACD9 #D953AC #ACD953
tetradic
#53ACD9 #C353D9 #D98053 #69D953
square
#53ACD9 #C353D9 #D98053 #69D953
split-complementary
#53ACD9 #D95369 #D9C353
monochromatic
#206B91 #2B90C4 #53ACD9 #85C4E4 #B7DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#53ACD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27
#53ACD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACD9
8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53ACD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53ACD91.002.548.278.27
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2721.001.001.00
##0000008.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96AADB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#839CD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 233.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc4e5',
    500: '#53acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53acd9;
$custom-light: #8fc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.149,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70798,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53ACD9
secondary
#DEBBAA
accent
#7941E7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FC
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1215
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#53ACD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva