#53AFDA#53AFDA

#53AFDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFDA
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 19.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -14.56, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 33.23, 244.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0672 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.107 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5472, 37.5577, 71.9029)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFDA #DA7E53

analogous

#53DAC2 #53AFDA #536CDA

triadic

#53AFDA #DA53AF #AFDA53

tetradic

#53AFDA #C253DA #DA7E53 #6CDA53

square

#53AFDA #C253DA #DA7E53 #6CDA53

split-complementary

#53AFDA #DA536C #DAC253

monochromatic

#206E93 #2A94C5 #53AFDA #85C6E5 #B8DEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#53AFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#53AFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFDA

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFDA	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 231.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.10721,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFDA

secondary

#DFBBAA

accent

#7640E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFDA

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

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