#53AFD2#53AFD2

#53AFD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD2
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -17.03, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 31.02, 236.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0701 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.101 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5255, 37.1491, 66.5221)
Luminance	0.3715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD2 #D27653

analogous

#53D2B5 #53AFD2 #5370D2

triadic

#53AFD2 #D253AF #AFD253

tetradic

#53AFD2 #B553D2 #D27653 #70D253

square

#53AFD2 #B553D2 #D27653 #70D253

split-complementary

#53AFD2 #D25370 #D2B553

monochromatic

#236C87 #3092B8 #53AFD2 #84C6DF #B4DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53AFD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#53AFD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e0',
    500: '#53afd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd2;
$custom-light: #8fc7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD2

secondary

#DAB5A7

accent

#7146E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD2

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

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