#53AFCD#53AFCD

#53AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFCD
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -18.54, -23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 29.90, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.072 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.097 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9123, 36.9038, 63.2925)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFCD #CD7153

analogous

#53CDAE #53AFCD #5372CD

triadic

#53AFCD #CD53AF #AFCD53

tetradic

#53AFCD #AE53CD #CD7153 #72CD53

square

#53AFCD #AE53CD #CD7153 #72CD53

split-complementary

#53AFCD #CD5372 #CDAE53

monochromatic

#256A80 #3391B0 #53AFCD #82C5DB #B2DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#53AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#53AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFCD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFCD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7dc',
    500: '#53afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afcd;
$custom-light: #8ec7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.754,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFCD

secondary

#D7B1A5

accent

#6E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFCD

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

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