#53C3EB#53C3EB

#53C3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3EB
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -19.80, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 35.32, 235.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0817 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.116 225)
XYZ	xyz(38.0718, 46.8633, 85.6202)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3EB #EB7B53

analogous

#53EBC7 #53C3EB #5377EB

triadic

#53C3EB #EB53C3 #C3EB53

tetradic

#53C3EB #C753EB #EB7B53 #77EB53

square

#53C3EB #C753EB #EB7B53 #77EB53

split-complementary

#53C3EB #EB5377 #EBC753

monochromatic

#1486AF #1CB0E5 #53C3EB #8AD6F1 #C1E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#53C3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3EB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3EB	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f1',
    500: '#53c3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3eb;
$custom-light: #93d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76861,
    "c": 0.11551,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.46867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3EB

secondary

#E9C0B1

accent

#410ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3EB

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

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