#53C1EC#53C1EC

#53C1EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1EC
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -18.46, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 35.75, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0793 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.117 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7715, 46.0310, 86.2349)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1EC #EC7E53

analogous

#53ECCB #53C1EC #5374EC

triadic

#53C1EC #EC53C1 #C1EC53

tetradic

#53C1EC #CB53EC #EC7E53 #74EC53

square

#53C1EC #CB53EC #EC7E53 #74EC53

split-complementary

#53C1EC #EC5374 #ECCB53

monochromatic

#1485B1 #1CADE6 #53C1EC #8AD5F2 #C1E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#53C1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1EC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1EC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f2',
    500: '#53c1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1ec;
$custom-light: #93d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.863,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1EC

secondary

#E9C1B2

accent

#4409DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1EC

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

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