#53C1E2#53C1E2

#53C1E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1E2
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 226)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -21.51, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 33.57, 230.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.083 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.11 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3592, 45.4661, 78.7964)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1E2 #E27453

analogous

#53E2BB #53C1E2 #5379E2

triadic

#53C1E2 #E253C1 #C1E253

tetradic

#53C1E2 #BB53E2 #E27453 #79E253

square

#53C1E2 #BB53E2 #E27453 #79E253

split-complementary

#53C1E2 #E25379 #E2BB53

monochromatic

#1B81A0 #24ABD4 #53C1E2 #87D4EB #BCE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#53C1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#53C1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1E2

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1E2	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4eb',
    500: '#53c1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1e2;
$custom-light: #92d4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76028,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1E2

secondary

#E4BAAD

accent

#3F12D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1E2

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

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