#53C0EB#53C0EB

#53C0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0EB
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -18.25, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 35.61, 239.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0786 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.116 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4063, 45.5325, 85.3984)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0EB #EB7E53

analogous

#53EBCA #53C0EB #5374EB

triadic

#53C0EB #EB53C0 #C0EB53

tetradic

#53C0EB #CA53EB #EB7E53 #74EB53

square

#53C0EB #CA53EB #EB7E53 #74EB53

split-complementary

#53C0EB #EB5374 #EBCA53

monochromatic

#1483AF #1CACE5 #53C0EB #8AD4F1 #C1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#53C0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0EB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0EB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f1',
    500: '#53c0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0eb;
$custom-light: #93d3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.974,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76172,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0EB

secondary

#E9C1B1

accent

#450ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0EB

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

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