#53ACDB#53ACDB

#53ACDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACDB
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 219)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -12.64, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 34.12, 248.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0637 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.109 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1011, 36.4554, 72.4017)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACDB #DB8253

analogous

#53DBC6 #53ACDB #5368DB

triadic

#53ACDB #DB53AC #ACDB53

tetradic

#53ACDB #C653DB #DB8253 #68DB53

square

#53ACDB #C653DB #DB8253 #68DB53

split-complementary

#53ACDB #DB5368 #DBC653

monochromatic

#1F6C95 #2A91C7 #53ACDB #86C4E6 #B8DDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ACDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#53ACDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACDB

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACDB	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e6',
    500: '#53acdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acdb;
$custom-light: #90c4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70887,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACDB

secondary

#DFBDAA

accent

#7A3FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACDB

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

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