#53AECE#53AECE

#53AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.098 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AECE
RGB	rgb(83, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -17.71, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 30.15, 234.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0706 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.098 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8395, 36.5644, 63.8656)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AECE #CE7353

analogous

#53CEB1 #53AECE #5371CE

triadic

#53AECE #CE53AE #AECE53

tetradic

#53AECE #B153CE #CE7353 #71CE53

square

#53AECE #B153CE #CE7353 #71CE53

split-complementary

#53AECE #CE5371 #CEB153

monochromatic

#256A82 #3390B1 #53AECE #83C4DC #B2DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#53AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#53AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AECE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AECE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.098 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec6dd',
    500: '#53aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53aece;
$custom-light: #8ec6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AECE

secondary

#D8B2A5

accent

#7049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AECE

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

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