#53ADC8#53ADC8

#53ADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.094 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADC8
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -18.99, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 28.96, 229.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0718 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.094 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9321, 35.8935, 60.0358)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADC8 #C86E53

analogous

#53C8A8 #53ADC8 #5372C8

triadic

#53ADC8 #C853AD #ADC853

tetradic

#53ADC8 #A853C8 #C86E53 #72C853

square

#53ADC8 #A853C8 #C86E53 #72C853

split-complementary

#53ADC8 #C85372 #C8A853

monochromatic

#27677A #368EA8 #53ADC8 #81C3D7 #B0D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#53ADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#53ADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADC8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADC8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.094 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5d8',
    500: '#53adc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53adc8;
$custom-light: #8ec5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADC8

secondary

#D4AEA3

accent

#6E4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADC8

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

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