#53C3EF#53C3EF

#53C3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3EF
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -18.57, -31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 36.29, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0802 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.118 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6562, 47.0971, 88.6980)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3EF #EF7F53

analogous

#53EFCD #53C3EF #5375EF

triadic

#53C3EF #EF53C3 #C3EF53

tetradic

#53C3EF #CD53EF #EF7F53 #75EF53

square

#53C3EF #CD53EF #EF7F53 #75EF53

split-complementary

#53C3EF #EF5375 #EFCD53

monochromatic

#1188B7 #1BAFEA #53C3EF #8BD7F4 #C3EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#53C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3EF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3EF	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f4',
    500: '#53c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3ef;
$custom-light: #93d5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3EF

secondary

#EBC3B3

accent

#4306DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3EF

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

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