#53C1DF#53C1DF

#53C1DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1DF
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 223)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 13.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -22.41, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 33.06, 227.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0841 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.108 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9511, 45.3029, 76.6474)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1DF #DF7153

analogous

#53DFB7 #53C1DF #537BDF

triadic

#53C1DF #DF53C1 #C1DF53

tetradic

#53C1DF #B753DF #DF7153 #7BDF53

square

#53C1DF #B753DF #DF7153 #7BDF53

split-complementary

#53C1DF #DF537B #DFB753

monochromatic

#1D809B #26AACE #53C1DF #87D4E9 #BAE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#53C1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#53C1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1DF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1DF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBCE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e9',
    500: '#53c1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1df;
$custom-light: #91d4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75907,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1DF

secondary

#E2B7AC

accent

#623CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1DF

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

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