#53C2E6#53C2E6

#53C2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E6
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -20.81, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 34.31, 232.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0825 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.112 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1362, 46.1318, 81.7948)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E6 #E67753

analogous

#53E6C1 #53C2E6 #5379E6

triadic

#53C2E6 #E653C2 #C2E653

tetradic

#53C2E6 #C153E6 #E67753 #79E653

square

#53C2E6 #C153E6 #E67753 #79E653

split-complementary

#53C2E6 #E65379 #E6C153

monochromatic

#1884A6 #20AEDC #53C2E6 #88D5EE #BEE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#53C2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E6

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E6	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4ee',
    500: '#53c2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e6;
$custom-light: #92d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76423,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E6

secondary

#E6BCAF

accent

#400FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E6

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

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