#53AEC4#53AEC4

#53AEC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.092 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEC4
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(192, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -20.70, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 28.38, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0744 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.092 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6632, 36.0939, 57.6701)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEC4 #C46953

analogous

#53C4A1 #53AEC4 #5376C4

triadic

#53AEC4 #C453AE #AEC453

tetradic

#53AEC4 #A153C4 #C46953 #76C453

square

#53AEC4 #A153C4 #C46953 #76C453

split-complementary

#53AEC4 #C45376 #C4A153

monochromatic

#286675 #388DA2 #53AEC4 #81C3D4 #AED9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#53AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEC4

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEC4	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.092 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6d5',
    500: '#53aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aec4;
$custom-light: #8dc6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.681,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEC4

secondary

#D1ABA2

accent

#6A4FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEC4

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

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