#53C4E2#53C4E2

#53C4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E2
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -23.03, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 33.59, 226.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.086 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.11 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0291, 46.8059, 79.0197)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E2 #E27153

analogous

#53E2B8 #53C4E2 #537DE2

triadic

#53C4E2 #E253C4 #C4E253

tetradic

#53C4E2 #B853E2 #E27153 #7DE253

square

#53C4E2 #B853E2 #E27153 #7DE253

split-complementary

#53C4E2 #E2537D #E2B853

monochromatic

#1B84A0 #24AFD4 #53C4E2 #87D6EB #BCE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#53C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#53C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E2

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E2	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6eb',
    500: '#53c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e2;
$custom-light: #92d6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.587,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76724,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E2

secondary

#E4B9AD

accent

#3B12D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E2

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

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