#53AFCC#53AFCC

#53AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFCC
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -18.84, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 29.70, 230.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0724 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.097 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7920, 36.8556, 62.6588)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFCC #CC7053

analogous

#53CCAD #53AFCC #5373CC

triadic

#53AFCC #CC53AF #AFCC53

tetradic

#53AFCC #AD53CC #CC7053 #73CC53

square

#53AFCC #AD53CC #CC7053 #73CC53

split-complementary

#53AFCC #CC5373 #CCAD53

monochromatic

#266A7F #3491AE #53AFCC #82C5DA #B1DBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#53AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFCC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFCC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7db',
    500: '#53afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afcc;
$custom-light: #8ec7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.38,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.09653,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFCC

secondary

#D6B0A4

accent

#6E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFCC

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

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