#53C3ED#53C3ED

#53C3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3ED
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -19.18, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 35.79, 237.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0809 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.117 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3623, 46.9795, 87.1505)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3ED #ED7D53

analogous

#53EDCA #53C3ED #5376ED

triadic

#53C3ED #ED53C3 #C3ED53

tetradic

#53C3ED #CA53ED #ED7D53 #76ED53

square

#53C3ED #CA53ED #ED7D53 #76ED53

split-complementary

#53C3ED #ED5376 #EDCA53

monochromatic

#1387B3 #1CB0E7 #53C3ED #8AD6F3 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#53C3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3ED

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3ED	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f3',
    500: '#53c3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ed;
$custom-light: #93d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76945,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3ED

secondary

#EAC1B2

accent

#4208DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3ED

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

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