#53AFD9#53AFD9

#53AFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.106 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFD9
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -14.87, -29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 32.93, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0676 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.106 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4168, 37.5055, 71.2158)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFD9 #D97D53

analogous

#53D9C0 #53AFD9 #536CD9

triadic

#53AFD9 #D953AF #AFD953

tetradic

#53AFD9 #C053D9 #D97D53 #6CD953

square

#53AFD9 #C053D9 #D97D53 #6CD953

split-complementary

#53AFD9 #D9536C #D9C053

monochromatic

#206E91 #2B94C4 #53AFD9 #85C6E4 #B7DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53AFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#53AFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFD9

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFD9	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.106 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e5',
    500: '#53afd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afd9;
$custom-light: #90c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71489,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFD9

secondary

#DEBAAA

accent

#7541E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFD9

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

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