#53ACDD#53ACDD

#53ACDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACDD
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -12.01, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 34.80, 249.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0631 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.111 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3659, 36.5614, 73.7966)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACDD #DD8453

analogous

#53DDC9 #53ACDD #5367DD

triadic

#53ACDD #DD53AC #ACDD53

tetradic

#53ACDD #C953DD #DD8453 #67DD53

square

#53ACDD #C953DD #DD8453 #67DD53

split-complementary

#53ACDD #DD5367 #DDC953

monochromatic

#1E6C98 #2891CB #53ACDD #86C5E7 #B9DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ACDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#53ACDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACDD

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACDD	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 235.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACDD

secondary

#E1BEAB

accent

#7B3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACDD

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

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