#53AFD8#53AFD8

#53AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD8
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -15.18, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 32.63, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0679 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.106 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2871, 37.4537, 70.5329)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD8 #D87C53

analogous

#53D8BE #53AFD8 #536CD8

triadic

#53AFD8 #D853AF #AFD853

tetradic

#53AFD8 #BE53D8 #D87C53 #6CD853

square

#53AFD8 #BE53D8 #D87C53 #6CD853

split-complementary

#53AFD8 #D8536C #D8BE53

monochromatic

#216E90 #2C94C2 #53AFD8 #85C6E3 #B7DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#53AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc7e4',
    500: '#53afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd8;
$custom-light: #8fc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.496,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD8

secondary

#DEB9A9

accent

#7442E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD8

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

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