#53C2E8#53C2E8

#53C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E8
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -20.20, -28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 34.72, 234.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0818 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.114 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4187, 46.2448, 83.2824)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E8 #E87953

analogous

#53E8C4 #53C2E8 #5378E8

triadic

#53C2E8 #E853C2 #C2E853

tetradic

#53C2E8 #C453E8 #E87953 #78E853

square

#53C2E8 #C453E8 #E87953 #78E853

split-complementary

#53C2E8 #E85378 #E8C453

monochromatic

#1784AA #1EAEE0 #53C2E8 #89D5EF #BFE8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#53C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E8

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E8	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4ef',
    500: '#53c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e8;
$custom-light: #92d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E8

secondary

#E7BEB0

accent

#410DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E8

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

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