#53C0EA#53C0EA

#53C0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0EA
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -18.55, -30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 35.36, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.079 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.115 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2623, 45.4748, 84.6397)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0EA #EA7D53

analogous

#53EAC9 #53C0EA #5375EA

triadic

#53C0EA #EA53C0 #C0EA53

tetradic

#53C0EA #C953EA #EA7D53 #75EA53

square

#53C0EA #C953EA #EA7D53 #75EA53

split-complementary

#53C0EA #EA5375 #EAC953

monochromatic

#1583AD #1CACE3 #53C0EA #8AD4F1 #C0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#53C0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0EA

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0EA	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d3f0',
    500: '#53c0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0ea;
$custom-light: #92d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7613,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0EA

secondary

#E8C0B1

accent

#450BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0EA

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

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