#53C0EF#53C0EF

#53C0EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C0EF
RGB	rgb(83, 192, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -17.00, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 36.68, 242.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0772 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.119 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9907, 45.7662, 88.4762)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C0EF #EF8253

analogous

#53EFD0 #53C0EF #5372EF

triadic

#53C0EF #EF53C0 #C0EF53

tetradic

#53C0EF #D053EF #EF8253 #72EF53

square

#53C0EF #D053EF #EF8253 #72EF53

split-complementary

#53C0EF #EF5372 #EFD053

monochromatic

#1185B7 #1BABEA #53C0EF #8BD5F4 #C3E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#53C0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C0EF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C0EF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 192, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f4',
    500: '#53c0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c0ef;
$custom-light: #93d3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.077,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C0EF

secondary

#EBC4B3

accent

#4806DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C0EF

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

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