#53C4E0#53C4E0

#53C4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.109 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E0
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -23.63, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 33.31, 224.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0868 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.109 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7563, 46.6968, 77.5828)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E0 #E06F53

analogous

#53E0B6 #53C4E0 #537DE0

triadic

#53C4E0 #E053C4 #C4E053

tetradic

#53C4E0 #B653E0 #E06F53 #7DE053

square

#53C4E0 #B653E0 #E06F53 #7DE053

split-complementary

#53C4E0 #E0537D #E0B653

monochromatic

#1C839C #26AED0 #53C4E0 #87D6E9 #BBE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#53C4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E0

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E0	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.109 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6e9',
    500: '#53c4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e0;
$custom-light: #92d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.915,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76644,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E0

secondary

#E2B7AC

accent

#3A14D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E0

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

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