#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
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -18.76, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 35.50, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0797 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.116 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6267, 45.9731, 85.4719)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##53C1EB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53C1EB

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

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