#53ADCC#53ADCC

#53ADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADCC
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -17.79, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 29.76, 233.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0702 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.097 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4056, 36.0829, 62.5301)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADCC #CC7253

analogous

#53CCAF #53ADCC #5371CC

triadic

#53ADCC #CC53AD #ADCC53

tetradic

#53ADCC #AF53CC #CC7253 #71CC53

square

#53ADCC #AF53CC #CC7253 #71CC53

split-complementary

#53ADCC #CC5371 #CCAF53

monochromatic

#26687F #348FAE #53ADCC #82C4DA #B1DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53ADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#53ADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADCC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADCC	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 223.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.372,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70472,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADCC

secondary

#D6B1A4

accent

#704ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADCC

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

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