#53AECC#53AECC

#53AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AECC
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -18.32, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 29.72, 231.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0713 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.097 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5981, 36.4678, 62.5942)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AECC #CC7153

analogous

#53CCAE #53AECC #5372CC

triadic

#53AECC #CC53AE #AECC53

tetradic

#53AECC #AE53CC #CC7153 #72CC53

square

#53AECC #AE53CC #CC7153 #72CC53

split-complementary

#53AECC #CC5372 #CCAE53

monochromatic

#26697F #3490AE #53AECC #82C4DA #B1DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#53AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AECC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AECC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6db',
    500: '#53aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aecc;
$custom-light: #8ec6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.876,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70706,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AECC

secondary

#D6B1A4

accent

#6F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AECC

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

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