#53C2E2#53C2E2

#53C2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E2
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -22.02, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 33.56, 229.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.084 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.11 220)
XYZ	xyz(36.5810, 45.9097, 78.8704)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E2 #E27353

analogous

#53E2BB #53C2E2 #537AE2

triadic

#53C2E2 #E253C2 #C2E253

tetradic

#53C2E2 #BB53E2 #E27353 #7AE253

square

#53C2E2 #BB53E2 #E27353 #7AE253

split-complementary

#53C2E2 #E2537A #E2BB53

monochromatic

#1B82A0 #24ADD4 #53C2E2 #87D5EB #BCE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#53C2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E2

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E2	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBDE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4eb',
    500: '#53c2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e2;
$custom-light: #92d4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.45914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E2

secondary

#E4B9AD

accent

#3D12D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E2

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

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