#53AFCF#53AFCF

#53AFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFCF
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -17.94, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 30.32, 233.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0713 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.099 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1553, 37.0010, 64.5721)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFCF #CF7353

analogous

#53CFB1 #53AFCF #5371CF

triadic

#53AFCF #CF53AF #AFCF53

tetradic

#53AFCF #B153CF #CF7353 #71CF53

square

#53AFCF #B153CF #CF7353 #71CF53

split-complementary

#53AFCF #CF5371 #CFB153

monochromatic

#256B83 #3292B3 #53AFCF #83C5DC #B3DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#53AFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#53AFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFCF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFCF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ec7dd',
    500: '#53afcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afcf;
$custom-light: #8ec7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFCF

secondary

#D8B3A6

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFCF

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

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