#53ADD2#53ADD2

#53ADD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD2
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -15.97, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 31.22, 239.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.068 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.101 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1392, 36.3763, 66.3933)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD2 #D27853

analogous

#53D2B7 #53ADD2 #536ED2

triadic

#53ADD2 #D253AD #ADD253

tetradic

#53ADD2 #B753D2 #D27853 #6ED253

square

#53ADD2 #B753D2 #D27853 #6ED253

split-complementary

#53ADD2 #D2536E #D2B753

monochromatic

#236A87 #3090B8 #53ADD2 #84C4DF #B4DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#53ADD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#53ADD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD2	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAAD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e0',
    500: '#53add2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add2;
$custom-light: #8fc5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.48,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD2

secondary

#DAB6A7

accent

#7346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD2

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

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