#53AFCB#53AFCB

#53AFCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFCB
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -19.14, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 29.51, 229.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0728 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.096 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6725, 36.8078, 62.0292)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFCB #CB6F53

analogous

#53CBAB #53AFCB #5373CB

triadic

#53AFCB #CB53AF #AFCB53

tetradic

#53AFCB #AB53CB #CB6F53 #73CB53

square

#53AFCB #AB53CB #CB6F53 #73CB53

split-complementary

#53AFCB #CB5373 #CBAB53

monochromatic

#26697E #3491AD #53AFCB #82C5D9 #B1DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#53AFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFCB

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFCB	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7da',
    500: '#53afcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afcb;
$custom-light: #8ec7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.09589,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFCB

secondary

#D6B0A4

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFCB

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

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