#53C3EE#53C3EE

#53C3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3EE
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -18.87, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 36.04, 238.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0806 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.118 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5088, 47.0381, 87.9221)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3EE #EE7E53

analogous

#53EECB #53C3EE #5375EE

triadic

#53C3EE #EE53C3 #C3EE53

tetradic

#53C3EE #CB53EE #EE7E53 #75EE53

square

#53C3EE #CB53EE #EE7E53 #75EE53

split-complementary

#53C3EE #EE5375 #EECB53

monochromatic

#1288B5 #1BB0E8 #53C3EE #8BD6F4 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#53C3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3EE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3EE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f3',
    500: '#53c3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ee;
$custom-light: #93d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76987,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3EE

secondary

#EAC2B2

accent

#4307DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3EE

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

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