#53C4E5#53C4E5

#53C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E5
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -22.13, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 34.07, 229.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0849 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.111 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4443, 46.9720, 81.2067)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E5 #E57453

analogous

#53E5BD #53C4E5 #537BE5

triadic

#53C4E5 #E553C4 #C4E553

tetradic

#53C4E5 #BD53E5 #E57453 #7BE553

square

#53C4E5 #BD53E5 #E57453 #7BE553

split-complementary

#53C4E5 #E5537B #E5BD53

monochromatic

#1985A5 #21B0DA #53C4E5 #88D6ED #BDE8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#53C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E5

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E5	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ed',
    500: '#53c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e5;
$custom-light: #92d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.562,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76844,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E5

secondary

#E5BBAE

accent

#3C10D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E5

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

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