#53ADD3#53ADD3

#53ADD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.102 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD3
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 211)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 18%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -15.66, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 31.49, 240.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0676 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.102 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2641, 36.4263, 67.0514)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD3 #D37953

analogous

#53D3B9 #53ADD3 #536DD3

triadic

#53ADD3 #D353AD #ADD353

tetradic

#53ADD3 #B953D3 #D37953 #6DD353

square

#53ADD3 #B953D3 #D37953 #6DD353

split-complementary

#53ADD3 #D3536D #D3B953

monochromatic

#236A89 #2F90B9 #53ADD3 #84C4DF #B4DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ADD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#53ADD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD3

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD3	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.102 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e0',
    500: '#53add3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add3;
$custom-light: #8fc5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD3

secondary

#DBB6A7

accent

#7445E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD3

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

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