#53C2EC#53C2EC

#53C2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2EC
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -18.97, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 35.65, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0803 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.116 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9933, 46.4747, 86.3088)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2EC #EC7D53

analogous

#53ECCA #53C2EC #5375EC

triadic

#53C2EC #EC53C2 #C2EC53

tetradic

#53C2EC #CA53EC #EC7D53 #75EC53

square

#53C2EC #CA53EC #EC7D53 #75EC53

split-complementary

#53C2EC #EC5375 #ECCA53

monochromatic

#1486B1 #1CAEE6 #53C2EC #8AD6F2 #C1E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#53C2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2EC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2EC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f2',
    500: '#53c2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ec;
$custom-light: #93d4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76673,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2EC

secondary

#E9C1B2

accent

#4309DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2EC

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

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