#53ADCD#53ADCD

#53ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.097 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADCD
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -17.49, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 29.98, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0699 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.097 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5260, 36.1310, 63.1637)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADCD #CD7353

analogous

#53CDB0 #53ADCD #5370CD

triadic

#53ADCD #CD53AD #ADCD53

tetradic

#53ADCD #B053CD #CD7353 #70CD53

square

#53ADCD #B053CD #CD7353 #70CD53

split-complementary

#53ADCD #CD5370 #CDB053

monochromatic

#256880 #338FB0 #53ADCD #82C4DB #B2DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#53ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADCD

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADCD	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.097 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5dc',
    500: '#53adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53adcd;
$custom-light: #8ec5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70513,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADCD

secondary

#D7B2A5

accent

#714ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADCD

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

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