#53C1EA#53C1EA

#53C1EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1EA
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -19.07, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 35.26, 237.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.08 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.115 226)
XYZ	xyz(37.4826, 45.9155, 84.7131)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1EA #EA7C53

analogous

#53EAC7 #53C1EA #5376EA

triadic

#53C1EA #EA53C1 #C1EA53

tetradic

#53C1EA #C753EA #EA7C53 #76EA53

square

#53C1EA #C753EA #EA7C53 #76EA53

split-complementary

#53C1EA #EA5376 #EAC753

monochromatic

#1584AD #1CADE3 #53C1EA #8AD5F1 #C0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#53C1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1EA

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1EA	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d3f0',
    500: '#53c1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1ea;
$custom-light: #92d3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.291,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.45919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1EA

secondary

#E8C0B1

accent

#430BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1EA

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

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