#53C2EB#53C2EB

#53C2EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2EB
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -19.28, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 35.41, 237.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0807 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.116 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8485, 46.4167, 85.5458)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2EB #EB7C53

analogous

#53EBC8 #53C2EB #5376EB

triadic

#53C2EB #EB53C2 #C2EB53

tetradic

#53C2EB #C853EB #EB7C53 #76EB53

square

#53C2EB #C853EB #EB7C53 #76EB53

split-complementary

#53C2EB #EB5376 #EBC853

monochromatic

#1485AF #1CAFE5 #53C2EB #8AD5F1 #C1E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#53C2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2EB

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2EB	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f1',
    500: '#53c2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2eb;
$custom-light: #93d4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76631,
    "c": 0.11571,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2EB

secondary

#E9C0B1

accent

#430ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2EB

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

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