#53ADDD#53ADDD

#53ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53ADDD
RGB	rgb(83, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -12.55, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 34.58, 248.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0641 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.111 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5570, 36.9434, 73.8603)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53ADDD #DD8353

analogous

#53DDC8 #53ADDD #5368DD

triadic

#53ADDD #DD53AD #ADDD53

tetradic

#53ADDD #C853DD #DD8353 #68DD53

square

#53ADDD #C853DD #DD8353 #68DD53

split-complementary

#53ADDD #DD5368 #DDC853

monochromatic

#1E6D98 #2892CB #53ADDD #86C5E7 #B9DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#53ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53ADDD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53ADDD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 234.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53ADDD

secondary

#E1BEAB

accent

#7A3EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53ADDD

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

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