#53C2E4#53C2E4

#53C2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E4
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -21.42, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 33.92, 230.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0832 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.111 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8570, 46.0201, 80.3241)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E4 #E47553

analogous

#53E4BD #53C2E4 #5379E4

triadic

#53C2E4 #E453C2 #C2E453

tetradic

#53C2E4 #BD53E4 #E47553 #79E453

square

#53C2E4 #BD53E4 #E47553 #79E453

split-complementary

#53C2E4 #E45379 #E4BD53

monochromatic

#1A83A3 #22ADD8 #53C2E4 #88D5EC #BDE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#53C2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#53C2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E4

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E4	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)

#AEBDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4ec',
    500: '#53c2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e4;
$custom-light: #92d4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76341,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E4

secondary

#E5BBAE

accent

#3F11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E4

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

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