#53C2EE#53C2EE

#53C2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.118 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2EE
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -18.36, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 36.15, 239.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0796 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.118 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2855, 46.5915, 87.8477)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2EE #EE7F53

analogous

#53EECC #53C2EE #5374EE

triadic

#53C2EE #EE53C2 #C2EE53

tetradic

#53C2EE #CC53EE #EE7F53 #74EE53

square

#53C2EE #CC53EE #EE7F53 #74EE53

split-complementary

#53C2EE #EE5374 #EECC53

monochromatic

#1287B5 #1BAEE8 #53C2EE #8BD6F4 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#53C2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2EE

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2EE	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.118 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f3',
    500: '#53c2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ee;
$custom-light: #93d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.032,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2EE

secondary

#EAC2B2

accent

#4407DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2EE

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

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