#53C1EF#53C1EF

#53C1EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.119 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C1EF
RGB	rgb(83, 193, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -17.53, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 36.54, 241.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0782 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.119 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2110, 46.2068, 88.5497)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C1EF #EF8153

analogous

#53EFCF #53C1EF #5373EF

triadic

#53C1EF #EF53C1 #C1EF53

tetradic

#53C1EF #CF53EF #EF8153 #73EF53

square

#53C1EF #CF53EF #EF8153 #73EF53

split-complementary

#53C1EF #EF5373 #EFCF53

monochromatic

#1186B7 #1BADEA #53C1EF #8BD5F4 #C3E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#53C1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C1EF

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C1EF	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 193, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.119 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3f4',
    500: '#53c1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c1ef;
$custom-light: #93d3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76573,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C1EF

secondary

#EBC3B3

accent

#4606DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C1EF

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

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