#53C4E6#53C4E6

#53C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.112 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E6
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -21.83, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 34.25, 230.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0845 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.112 221)
XYZ	xyz(37.5844, 47.0280, 81.9441)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E6 #E67553

analogous

#53E6BF #53C4E6 #537BE6

triadic

#53C4E6 #E653C4 #C4E653

tetradic

#53C4E6 #BF53E6 #E67553 #7BE653

square

#53C4E6 #BF53E6 #E67553 #7BE653

split-complementary

#53C4E6 #E6537B #E6BF53

monochromatic

#1886A6 #20B0DC #53C4E6 #88D6EE #BEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#53C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E6

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E6	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.112 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ee',
    500: '#53c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e6;
$custom-light: #92d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.878,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.47032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E6

secondary

#E6BCAF

accent

#3D0FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E6

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

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