#53C3EC#53C3EC

#53C3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3EC
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -19.49, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 35.55, 236.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0813 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.116 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2166, 46.9213, 86.3833)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3EC #EC7C53

analogous

#53ECC8 #53C3EC #5377EC

triadic

#53C3EC #EC53C3 #C3EC53

tetradic

#53C3EC #C853EC #EC7C53 #77EC53

square

#53C3EC #C853EC #EC7C53 #77EC53

split-complementary

#53C3EC #EC5377 #ECC853

monochromatic

#1487B1 #1CB0E6 #53C3EC #8AD6F2 #C1E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#53C3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3EC

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3EC	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f2',
    500: '#53c3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ec;
$custom-light: #93d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76903,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3EC

secondary

#E9C0B2

accent

#4209DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3EC

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

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