#53AFDC#53AFDC

#53AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.109 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFDC
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -13.94, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 33.85, 245.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0665 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.109 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8105, 37.6630, 73.2895)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFDC #DC8053

analogous

#53DCC5 #53AFDC #536BDC

triadic

#53AFDC #DC53AF #AFDC53

tetradic

#53AFDC #C553DC #DC8053 #6BDC53

square

#53AFDC #C553DC #DC8053 #6BDC53

split-complementary

#53AFDC #DC536B #DCC553

monochromatic

#1F6F96 #2994C9 #53AFDC #86C7E6 #B9DEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#53AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFDC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFDC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.109 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e7',
    500: '#53afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53afdc;
$custom-light: #90c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.708,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7162,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFDC

secondary

#E0BCAB

accent

#773FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFDC

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

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