#53AFD5#53AFD5

#53AFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.103 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD5
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -16.11, -27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 31.79, 239.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.069 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.103 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9028, 37.3000, 68.5089)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD5 #D57953

analogous

#53D5BA #53AFD5 #536ED5

triadic

#53AFD5 #D553AF #AFD553

tetradic

#53AFD5 #BA53D5 #D57953 #6ED553

square

#53AFD5 #BA53D5 #D57953 #6ED553

split-complementary

#53AFD5 #D5536E #D5BA53

monochromatic

#226D8C #2E93BD #53AFD5 #84C6E1 #B5DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53AFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#53AFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD5

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD5	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899ED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.103 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e2',
    500: '#53afd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd5;
$custom-light: #8fc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71316,
    "c": 0.10303,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD5

secondary

#DCB7A8

accent

#7344E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD5

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

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