#53ADD8#53ADD8

#53ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADD8
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -14.11, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 32.95, 244.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0658 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.106 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9007, 36.6809, 70.4041)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADD8 #D87E53

analogous

#53D8C0 #53ADD8 #536AD8

triadic

#53ADD8 #D853AD #ADD853

tetradic

#53ADD8 #C053D8 #D87E53 #6AD853

square

#53ADD8 #C053D8 #D87E53 #6AD853

split-complementary

#53ADD8 #D8536A #D8C053

monochromatic

#216C90 #2C91C2 #53ADD8 #85C5E3 #B7DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#53ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#53ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADD8

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADD8	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859DD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc5e4',
    500: '#53add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53add8;
$custom-light: #8fc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70984,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADD8

secondary

#DEBAA9

accent

#7742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADD8

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

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