#53C1DE#53C1DE

#53C1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.107 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1DE
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -22.71, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 32.91, 226.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0845 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.107 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8167, 45.2491, 75.9395)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1DE #DE7053

analogous

#53DEB6 #53C1DE #537CDE

triadic

#53C1DE #DE53C1 #C1DE53

tetradic

#53C1DE #B653DE #DE7053 #7CDE53

square

#53C1DE #B653DE #DE7053 #7CDE53

split-complementary

#53C1DE #DE537C #DEB653

monochromatic

#1D7F99 #27AACD #53C1DE #86D4E8 #BAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#53C1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1DE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1DE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.107 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e8',
    500: '#53c1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1de;
$custom-light: #91d4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.518,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1DE

secondary

#E1B7AC

accent

#613DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1DE

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

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