#53ADD6#53ADD6

#53ADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.104 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD6
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -14.73, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 32.35, 242.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0665 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.104 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6437, 36.5781, 69.0506)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD6 #D67C53

analogous

#53D6BE #53ADD6 #536BD6

triadic

#53ADD6 #D653AD #ADD653

tetradic

#53ADD6 #BE53D6 #D67C53 #6BD653

square

#53ADD6 #BE53D6 #D67C53 #6BD653

split-complementary

#53ADD6 #D6536B #D6BE53

monochromatic

#226B8D #2D91BE #53ADD6 #84C5E2 #B6DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53ADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#53ADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD6

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD6	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.104 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e2',
    500: '#53add6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add6;
$custom-light: #8fc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD6

secondary

#DCB9A8

accent

#7643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD6

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

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