#53C0E8#53C0E8

#53C0E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.114 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0E8
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -19.17, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 34.87, 236.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0797 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.114 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9766, 45.3606, 83.1350)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0E8 #E87B53

analogous

#53E8C5 #53C0E8 #5376E8

triadic

#53C0E8 #E853C0 #C0E853

tetradic

#53C0E8 #C553E8 #E87B53 #76E853

square

#53C0E8 #C553E8 #E87B53 #76E853

split-complementary

#53C0E8 #E85376 #E8C553

monochromatic

#1782AA #1EACE0 #53C0E8 #89D4EF #BFE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#53C0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0E8

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0E8	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.114 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d3ef',
    500: '#53c0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0e8;
$custom-light: #92d3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76045,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0E8

secondary

#E7BFB0

accent

#440DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0E8

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

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