#53AEC7#53AEC7

#53AEC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.093 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AEC7
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(193, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -19.81, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 28.81, 226.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0732 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.093 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0080, 36.2318, 59.4865)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AEC7 #C76C53

analogous

#53C7A6 #53AEC7 #5374C7

triadic

#53AEC7 #C753AE #AEC753

tetradic

#53AEC7 #A653C7 #C76C53 #74C753

square

#53AEC7 #A653C7 #C76C53 #74C753

split-complementary

#53AEC7 #C75374 #C7A653

monochromatic

#276778 #368EA7 #53AEC7 #81C4D6 #AFD9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#53AEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#53AEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AEC7

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AEC7	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.093 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6d8',
    500: '#53aec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aec7;
$custom-light: #8ec6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70503,
    "c": 0.09347,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AEC7

secondary

#D3ADA3

accent

#6C4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AEC7

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

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