#53C2EF#53C2EF

#53C2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C2EF
RGB	rgb(83, 194, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -18.05, -31.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 36.41, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0792 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.119 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4329, 46.6505, 88.6236)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C2EF #EF8053

analogous

#53EFCE #53C2EF #5374EF

triadic

#53C2EF #EF53C2 #C2EF53

tetradic

#53C2EF #CE53EF #EF8053 #74EF53

square

#53C2EF #CE53EF #EF8053 #74EF53

split-complementary

#53C2EF #EF5374 #EFCE53

monochromatic

#1187B7 #1BAEEA #53C2EF #8BD6F4 #C3EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#53C2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C2EF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C2EF	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4f4',
    500: '#53c2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c2ef;
$custom-light: #93d4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C2EF

secondary

#EBC3B3

accent

#4506DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C2EF

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