#53C3F2#53C3F2

#53C3F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C3F2
RGB	rgb(83, 195, 242)
HSL	hsl(198, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -17.64, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 37.08, 241.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0792 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.121 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1030, 47.2758, 91.0515)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C3F2 #F28253

analogous

#53F2D1 #53C3F2 #5373F2

triadic

#53C3F2 #F253C3 #C3F253

tetradic

#53C3F2 #D153F2 #F28253 #73F253

square

#53C3F2 #D153F2 #F28253 #73F253

split-complementary

#53C3F2 #F25373 #F2D153

monochromatic

#0E89BC #1AAFEE #53C3F2 #8CD7F6 #C5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C3F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#53C3F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C3F2

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C3F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C3F2	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABC0F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B0F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c3f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 195, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f6',
    500: '#53c3f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c3f2;
$custom-light: #94d5f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c3f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.736,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77158,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C3F2

secondary

#ECC5B4

accent

#4503E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C3F2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →