#53ADD0#53ADD0

#53ADD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.100 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD0
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -16.58, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 30.70, 237.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0687 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.1 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8916, 36.2773, 65.0892)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD0 #D07653

analogous

#53D0B5 #53ADD0 #536FD0

triadic

#53ADD0 #D053AD #ADD053

tetradic

#53ADD0 #B553D0 #D07653 #6FD053

square

#53ADD0 #B553D0 #D07653 #6FD053

split-complementary

#53ADD0 #D0536F #D0B553

monochromatic

#246984 #3190B4 #53ADD0 #83C4DD #B3DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53ADD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#53ADD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD0

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD0	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.100 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec5de',
    500: '#53add0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add0;
$custom-light: #8ec5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70639,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD0

secondary

#D9B4A6

accent

#7247E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD0

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

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