#53C2E0#53C2E0

#53C2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.109 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E0
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -22.62, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 33.24, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0848 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.109 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3082, 45.8006, 77.4335)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E0 #E07153

analogous

#53E0B7 #53C2E0 #537BE0

triadic

#53C2E0 #E053C2 #C2E053

tetradic

#53C2E0 #B753E0 #E07153 #7BE053

square

#53C2E0 #B753E0 #E07153 #7BE053

split-complementary

#53C2E0 #E0537B #E0B753

monochromatic

#1C819C #26ACD0 #53C2E0 #87D4E9 #BBE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#53C2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#53C2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E0

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E0	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.109 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d4e9',
    500: '#53c2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e0;
$custom-light: #91d4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E0

secondary

#E2B8AC

accent

#3C14D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E0

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

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