#53ADCB#53ADCB

#53ADCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADCB
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 203)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -18.09, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 29.55, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0706 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.096 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2861, 36.0351, 61.9004)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADCB #CB7153

analogous

#53CBAD #53ADCB #5371CB

triadic

#53ADCB #CB53AD #ADCB53

tetradic

#53ADCB #AD53CB #CB7153 #71CB53

square

#53ADCB #AD53CB #CB7153 #71CB53

split-complementary

#53ADCB #CB5371 #CBAD53

monochromatic

#26687E #348FAD #53ADCB #82C3D9 #B1DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ADCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#53ADCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADCB

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADCB	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5db',
    500: '#53adcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53adcb;
$custom-light: #8ec5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70431,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADCB

secondary

#D6B1A4

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADCB

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

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