#53ADCA#53ADCA

#53ADCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.095 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADCA
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 202)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -18.40, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 29.34, 231.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.071 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.095 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1673, 35.9876, 61.2748)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADCA #CA7053

analogous

#53CAAB #53ADCA #5371CA

triadic

#53ADCA #CA53AD #ADCA53

tetradic

#53ADCA #AB53CA #CA7053 #71CA53

square

#53ADCA #AB53CA #CA7053 #71CA53

split-complementary

#53ADCA #CA5371 #CAAB53

monochromatic

#26677C #358EAB #53ADCA #82C3D8 #B1DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ADCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#53ADCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADCA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADCA	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.095 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5da',
    500: '#53adca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53adca;
$custom-light: #8ec5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7039,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADCA

secondary

#D5B0A4

accent

#6F4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADCA

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

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