#53ADDC#53ADDC

#53ADDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADDC
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -12.86, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 34.24, 247.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0644 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.11 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4241, 36.8903, 73.1607)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADDC #DC8253

analogous

#53DCC7 #53ADDC #5369DC

triadic

#53ADDC #DC53AD #ADDC53

tetradic

#53ADDC #C753DC #DC8253 #69DC53

square

#53ADDC #C753DC #DC8253 #69DC53

split-complementary

#53ADDC #DC5369 #DCC753

monochromatic

#1F6D96 #2992C9 #53ADDC #86C5E6 #B9DDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53ADDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#53ADDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADDC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADDC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53addc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c5e7',
    500: '#53addc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53addc;
$custom-light: #90c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53addc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71161,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADDC

secondary

#E0BDAB

accent

#793FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADDC

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

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