#53C4E4#53C4E4

#53C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E4
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -22.43, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 33.90, 228.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0853 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.111 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3051, 46.9163, 80.4735)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E4 #E47353

analogous

#53E4BB #53C4E4 #537BE4

triadic

#53C4E4 #E453C4 #C4E453

tetradic

#53C4E4 #BB53E4 #E47353 #7BE453

square

#53C4E4 #BB53E4 #E47353 #7BE453

split-complementary

#53C4E4 #E4537B #E4BB53

monochromatic

#1A85A3 #22B0D8 #53C4E4 #88D6EC #BDE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#53C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E4

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E4	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ec',
    500: '#53c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e4;
$custom-light: #92d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.241,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76804,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E4

secondary

#E5BAAE

accent

#3C11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E4

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

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