#53C1EB#53C1EB

#53C1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53C1EB
RGBrgb(83, 193, 235)
HSLhsl(197, 79%, 62%)
HSVhsv(197, 65%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.53, -18.76, -30.14)
CIE-LCHlch(73.53, 35.50, 238.09°)
OKLaboklab(76.4% -0.0797 -0.0842)
OKLCHoklch(76.4% 0.116 226.6)
XYZxyz(37.6267, 45.9731, 85.4719)
Luminance0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53C1EB #EB7D53
analogous
#53EBC9 #53C1EB #5375EB
triadic
#53C1EB #EB53C1 #C1EB53
tetradic
#53C1EB #C953EB #EB7D53 #75EB53
square
#53C1EB #C953EB #EB7D53 #75EB53
split-complementary
#53C1EB #EB5375 #EBC953
monochromatic
#1484AF #1CADE5 #53C1EB #8AD5F1 #C1E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#53C1EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20
#53C1EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1EB
10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53C1EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53C1EB1.002.0610.2010.20
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2021.001.001.00
##00000010.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AABDED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95AEEB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53c1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 226.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f1',
    500: '#53c1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53c1eb;
$custom-light: #93d3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53c1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76402,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53C1EB
secondary
#E9C0B1
accent
#440ADB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#53C1EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva