#53C2EA#53C2EA

#53C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2EA
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -19.59, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 35.17, 236.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.081 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.115 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7044, 46.3591, 84.7871)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2EA #EA7B53

analogous

#53EAC6 #53C2EA #5377EA

triadic

#53C2EA #EA53C2 #C2EA53

tetradic

#53C2EA #C653EA #EA7B53 #77EA53

square

#53C2EA #C653EA #EA7B53 #77EA53

split-complementary

#53C2EA #EA5377 #EAC653

monochromatic

#1585AD #1CAFE3 #53C2EA #8AD5F1 #C0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#53C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2EA

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2EA	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f0',
    500: '#53c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ea;
$custom-light: #93d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.894,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76589,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2EA

secondary

#E8BFB1

accent

#420BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2EA

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

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