#53C4E7#53C4E7

#53C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E7
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -21.53, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 34.44, 231.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0842 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.113 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7252, 47.0844, 82.6858)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E7 #E77653

analogous

#53E7C0 #53C4E7 #537AE7

triadic

#53C4E7 #E753C4 #C4E753

tetradic

#53C4E7 #C053E7 #E77653 #7AE753

square

#53C4E7 #C053E7 #E77653 #7AE753

split-complementary

#53C4E7 #E7537A #E7C053

monochromatic

#1786A8 #1FB1DE #53C4E7 #89D6EE #BEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#53C4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E7

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E7	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ee',
    500: '#53c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e7;
$custom-light: #92d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76925,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E7

secondary

#E6BCAF

accent

#3E0ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E7

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

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