#53ADD7#53ADD7

#53ADD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD7
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 215)
HSL	hsl(199, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -14.42, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 32.65, 243.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0662 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.105 231)
XYZ	xyz(30.7718, 36.6294, 69.7253)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD7 #D77D53

analogous

#53D7BF #53ADD7 #536BD7

triadic

#53ADD7 #D753AD #ADD753

tetradic

#53ADD7 #BF53D7 #D77D53 #6BD753

square

#53ADD7 #BF53D7 #D77D53 #6BD753

split-complementary

#53ADD7 #D7536B #D7BF53

monochromatic

#216C8E #2D91C0 #53ADD7 #85C5E3 #B6DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ADD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#53ADD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD7

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD7	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e3',
    500: '#53add7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add7;
$custom-light: #8fc5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.36632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD7

secondary

#DDB9A9

accent

#7642E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD7

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

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