#53AFD3#53AFD3

#53AFD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD3
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -16.72, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 31.27, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0698 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.101 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6505, 37.1990, 67.1802)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD3 #D37753

analogous

#53D3B7 #53AFD3 #536FD3

triadic

#53AFD3 #D353AF #AFD353

tetradic

#53AFD3 #B753D3 #D37753 #6FD353

square

#53AFD3 #B753D3 #D37753 #6FD353

split-complementary

#53AFD3 #D3536F #D3B753

monochromatic

#236C89 #2F93B9 #53AFD3 #84C6DF #B4DCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#53AFD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#53AFD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD3

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD3	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e0',
    500: '#53afd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd3;
$custom-light: #8fc7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD3

secondary

#DBB6A7

accent

#7245E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD3

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

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