#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
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -13.26, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 33.46, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0644 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.107 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8394, 36.3507, 71.0233)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##53ACD9	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53ACD9

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

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