#53C2E9#53C2E9

#53C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2E9
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -19.90, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 34.94, 235.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0814 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.114 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5612, 46.3018, 84.0326)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2E9 #E97A53

analogous

#53E9C5 #53C2E9 #5377E9

triadic

#53C2E9 #E953C2 #C2E953

tetradic

#53C2E9 #C553E9 #E97A53 #77E953

square

#53C2E9 #C553E9 #E97A53 #77E953

split-complementary

#53C2E9 #E95377 #E9C553

monochromatic

#1685AC #1DAFE2 #53C2E9 #89D5F0 #C0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#53C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#53C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2E9

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2E9	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4f0',
    500: '#53c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2e9;
$custom-light: #92d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76547,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2E9

secondary

#E8BFB0

accent

#410CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2E9

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

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