#53ACDC#53ACDC

#53ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACDC
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -12.32, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 34.46, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0634 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.11 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2331, 36.5082, 73.0971)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACDC #DC8353

analogous

#53DCC8 #53ACDC #5368DC

triadic

#53ACDC #DC53AC #ACDC53

tetradic

#53ACDC #C853DC #DC8353 #68DC53

square

#53ACDC #C853DC #DC8353 #68DC53

split-complementary

#53ACDC #DC5368 #DCC853

monochromatic

#1F6C96 #2991C9 #53ACDC #86C5E6 #B9DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#53ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACDC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACDC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e7',
    500: '#53acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acdc;
$custom-light: #90c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70932,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACDC

secondary

#E0BDAB

accent

#7A3FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACDC

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

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