#53AFD7#53AFD7

#53AFD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD7
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -15.49, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 32.34, 241.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0683 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.105 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1582, 37.4021, 69.8541)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD7 #D77B53

analogous

#53D7BD #53AFD7 #536DD7

triadic

#53AFD7 #D753AF #AFD753

tetradic

#53AFD7 #BD53D7 #D77B53 #6DD753

square

#53AFD7 #BD53D7 #D77B53 #6DD753

split-complementary

#53AFD7 #D7536D #D7BD53

monochromatic

#216D8E #2D93C0 #53AFD7 #85C6E3 #B6DDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#53AFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#53AFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD7

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD7	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e3',
    500: '#53afd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd7;
$custom-light: #8fc7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71402,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD7

secondary

#DDB9A9

accent

#7442E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD7

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

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