#53C2E7#53C2E7

#53C2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.113 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E7
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -20.51, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 34.51, 233.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0821 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.113 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2771, 46.1881, 82.5365)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E7 #E77853

analogous

#53E7C2 #53C2E7 #5378E7

triadic

#53C2E7 #E753C2 #C2E753

tetradic

#53C2E7 #C253E7 #E77853 #78E753

square

#53C2E7 #C253E7 #E77853 #78E753

split-complementary

#53C2E7 #E75378 #E7C253

monochromatic

#1784A8 #1FAEDE #53C2E7 #89D5EE #BEE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#53C2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E7

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E7	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)

#ADBEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.113 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4ee',
    500: '#53c2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e7;
$custom-light: #92d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76464,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E7

secondary

#E6BDAF

accent

#400ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E7

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

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