#53AFD6#53AFD6

#53AFD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD6
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -15.80, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 32.07, 240.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0687 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.104 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0301, 37.3509, 69.1794)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD6 #D67A53

analogous

#53D6BC #53AFD6 #536DD6

triadic

#53AFD6 #D653AF #AFD653

tetradic

#53AFD6 #BC53D6 #D67A53 #6DD653

square

#53AFD6 #BC53D6 #D67A53 #6DD653

split-complementary

#53AFD6 #D6536D #D6BC53

monochromatic

#226D8D #2D93BE #53AFD6 #84C6E2 #B6DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53AFD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#53AFD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD6

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD6	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e2',
    500: '#53afd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd6;
$custom-light: #8fc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD6

secondary

#DCB8A8

accent

#7343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD6

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

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