#53C0EC#53C0EC

#53C0EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.117 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0EC
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -17.94, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 35.87, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0783 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.117 228)
XYZ	xyz(37.5512, 45.5904, 86.1614)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0EC #EC7F53

analogous

#53ECCC #53C0EC #5373EC

triadic

#53C0EC #EC53C0 #C0EC53

tetradic

#53C0EC #CC53EC #EC7F53 #73EC53

square

#53C0EC #CC53EC #EC7F53 #73EC53

split-complementary

#53C0EC #EC5373 #ECCC53

monochromatic

#1484B1 #1CACE6 #53C0EC #8AD4F2 #C1E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#53C0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0EC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0EC	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.117 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f2',
    500: '#53c0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0ec;
$custom-light: #93d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.255,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76215,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.45594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0EC

secondary

#E9C2B2

accent

#4609DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0EC

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

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