#53C3E8#53C3E8

#53C3E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3E8
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -20.71, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 34.67, 233.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0828 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.113 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6420, 46.6914, 83.3568)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3E8 #E87853

analogous

#53E8C2 #53C3E8 #5379E8

triadic

#53C3E8 #E853C3 #C3E853

tetradic

#53C3E8 #C253E8 #E87853 #79E853

square

#53C3E8 #C253E8 #E87853 #79E853

split-complementary

#53C3E8 #E85379 #E8C253

monochromatic

#1785AA #1EB0E0 #53C3E8 #89D6EF #BFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#53C3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3E8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3E8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d5ef',
    500: '#53c3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3e8;
$custom-light: #92d5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76736,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3E8

secondary

#E7BEB0

accent

#3F0DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3E8

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

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