#53C4E8#53C4E8

#53C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.113 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E8
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -21.23, -27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 34.63, 232.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0838 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.113 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8668, 47.1410, 83.4318)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E8 #E87753

analogous

#53E8C2 #53C4E8 #537AE8

triadic

#53C4E8 #E853C4 #C4E853

tetradic

#53C4E8 #C253E8 #E87753 #7AE853

square

#53C4E8 #C253E8 #E87753 #7AE853

split-complementary

#53C4E8 #E8537A #E8C253

monochromatic

#1786AA #1EB1E0 #53C4E8 #89D7EF #BFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#53C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E8

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E8	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.113 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ef',
    500: '#53c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e8;
$custom-light: #92d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.497,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E8

secondary

#E7BDB0

accent

#3E0DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E8

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

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