#53ACDF#53ACDF

#53ACDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ACDF
RGB	rgb(83, 172, 223)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -11.37, -33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 35.51, 251.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0624 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.113 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6340, 36.6686, 75.2083)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ACDF #DF8653

analogous

#53DFCC #53ACDF #5366DF

triadic

#53ACDF #DF53AC #ACDF53

tetradic

#53ACDF #CC53DF #DF8653 #66DF53

square

#53ACDF #CC53DF #DF8653 #66DF53

split-complementary

#53ACDF #DF5366 #DFCC53

monochromatic

#1D6D9B #2691CE #53ACDF #87C5E9 #BADEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ACDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#53ACDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ACDF

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ACDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ACDF	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ABE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53acdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 172, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e9',
    500: '#53acdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53acdf;
$custom-light: #90c4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53acdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71069,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ACDF

secondary

#E2C0AC

accent

#7C3CEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ACDF

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

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