#53C0E5#53C0E5

#53C0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0E5
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -20.09, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 34.20, 234.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0808 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.112 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5541, 45.1916, 80.9099)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0E5 #E57853

analogous

#53E5C1 #53C0E5 #5377E5

triadic

#53C0E5 #E553C0 #C0E553

tetradic

#53C0E5 #C153E5 #E57853 #77E553

square

#53C0E5 #C153E5 #E57853 #77E553

split-complementary

#53C0E5 #E55377 #E5C153

monochromatic

#1981A5 #21ABDA #53C0E5 #88D3ED #BDE7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#53C0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0E5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0E5	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBCE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d3ed',
    500: '#53c0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0e5;
$custom-light: #92d3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.205,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0E5

secondary

#E5BCAE

accent

#4210D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0E5

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

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