#53C3F0#53C3F0

#53C3F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3F0
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -18.26, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 36.55, 240.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0799 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.119 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8043, 47.1563, 89.4782)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3F0 #F08053

analogous

#53F0CE #53C3F0 #5375F0

triadic

#53C3F0 #F053C3 #C3F053

tetradic

#53C3F0 #CE53F0 #F08053 #75F053

square

#53C3F0 #CE53F0 #F08053 #75F053

split-complementary

#53C3F0 #F05375 #F0CE53

monochromatic

#1088B9 #1BAFEB #53C3F0 #8BD7F5 #C4EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C3F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#53C3F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3F0

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3F0	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5f5',
    500: '#53c3f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3f0;
$custom-light: #93d5f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.197,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77072,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3F0

secondary

#EBC3B3

accent

#4405E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3F0

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

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