#53ADCF#53ADCF

#53ADCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADCF
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -16.88, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 30.45, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0691 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.099 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7689, 36.2282, 64.4433)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADCF #CF7553

analogous

#53CFB3 #53ADCF #536FCF

triadic

#53ADCF #CF53AD #ADCF53

tetradic

#53ADCF #B353CF #CF7553 #6FCF53

square

#53ADCF #B353CF #CF7553 #6FCF53

split-complementary

#53ADCF #CF536F #CFB353

monochromatic

#256983 #3290B3 #53ADCF #83C4DC #B3DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53ADCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53ADCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADCF

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADCF	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899DCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53adcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5dd',
    500: '#53adcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53adcf;
$custom-light: #8ec5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53adcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADCF

secondary

#D8B3A6

accent

#7248E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADCF

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

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