#53ADD4#53ADD4

#53ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD4
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -15.35, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 31.77, 241.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0673 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.103 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3899, 36.4766, 67.7137)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD4 #D47A53

analogous

#53D4BB #53ADD4 #536CD4

triadic

#53ADD4 #D453AD #ADD453

tetradic

#53ADD4 #BB53D4 #D47A53 #6CD453

square

#53ADD4 #BB53D4 #D47A53 #6CD453

split-complementary

#53ADD4 #D4536C #D4BB53

monochromatic

#236B8A #2F91BB #53ADD4 #84C4E0 #B5DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#53ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e1',
    500: '#53add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add4;
$custom-light: #8fc5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7081,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD4

secondary

#DBB7A8

accent

#7545E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD4

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

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