#53AECD#53AECD

#53AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AECD
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -18.02, -23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 29.93, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0709 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.097 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7184, 36.5160, 63.2279)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AECD #CD7253

analogous

#53CDAF #53AECD #5371CD

triadic

#53AECD #CD53AE #AECD53

tetradic

#53AECD #AF53CD #CD7253 #71CD53

square

#53AECD #AF53CD #CD7253 #71CD53

split-complementary

#53AECD #CD5371 #CDAF53

monochromatic

#256980 #3390B0 #53AECD #82C4DB #B2DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#53AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AECD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AECD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6dc',
    500: '#53aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aecd;
$custom-light: #8ec6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.246,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.09725,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AECD

secondary

#D7B2A5

accent

#6F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AECD

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

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