#53C3E4#53C3E4

#53C3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.111 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3E4
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -21.93, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 33.91, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0843 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.111 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0803, 46.4667, 80.3985)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3E4 #E47453

analogous

#53E4BC #53C3E4 #537AE4

triadic

#53C3E4 #E453C3 #C3E453

tetradic

#53C3E4 #BC53E4 #E47453 #7AE453

square

#53C3E4 #BC53E4 #E47453 #7AE453

split-complementary

#53C3E4 #E4537A #E4BC53

monochromatic

#1A84A3 #22AED8 #53C3E4 #88D5EC #BDE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#53C3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#53C3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3E4

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3E4	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.111 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d5ec',
    500: '#53c3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3e4;
$custom-light: #92d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76572,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3E4

secondary

#E5BBAE

accent

#3D11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3E4

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

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