#53AEC2#53AEC2

#53AEC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.091 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEC2
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -21.29, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 28.15, 220.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0752 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.091 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4370, 36.0034, 56.4792)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEC2 #C26753

analogous

#53C29F #53AEC2 #5377C2

triadic

#53AEC2 #C253AE #AEC253

tetradic

#53AEC2 #9F53C2 #C26753 #77C253

square

#53AEC2 #9F53C2 #C26753 #77C253

split-complementary

#53AEC2 #C25377 #C29F53

monochromatic

#286572 #388D9F #53AEC2 #80C3D2 #ADD9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#53AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#53AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEC2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEC2	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.091 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d4',
    500: '#53aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aec2;
$custom-light: #8dc6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.811,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70306,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEC2

secondary

#D0A9A1

accent

#6951D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEC2

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

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