#53AFDD#53AFDD

#53AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53AFDD
RGB	rgb(83, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -13.62, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 34.16, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0662 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.11 233)
XYZ	xyz(31.9433, 37.7162, 73.9891)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53AFDD #DD8153

analogous

#53DDC6 #53AFDD #536ADD

triadic

#53AFDD #DD53AF #AFDD53

tetradic

#53AFDD #C653DD #DD8153 #6ADD53

square

#53AFDD #C653DD #DD8153 #6ADD53

split-complementary

#53AFDD #DD536A #DDC653

monochromatic

#1E6F98 #2895CB #53AFDD #86C7E7 #B9DFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#53AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#53AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53AFDD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53AFDD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 233.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.37719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53AFDD

secondary

#E1BDAB

accent

#773EEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53AFDD

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

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