#53C4E9#53C4E9

#53C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4E9
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -20.92, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 34.83, 233.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0834 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.114 223)
XYZ	xyz(38.0093, 47.1980, 84.1820)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4E9 #E97853

analogous

#53E9C3 #53C4E9 #5379E9

triadic

#53C4E9 #E953C4 #C4E953

tetradic

#53C4E9 #C353E9 #E97853 #79E953

square

#53C4E9 #C353E9 #E97853 #79E953

split-complementary

#53C4E9 #E95379 #E9C353

monochromatic

#1687AC #1DB1E2 #53C4E9 #89D7F0 #C0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#53C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4E9

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4E9	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f0',
    500: '#53c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4e9;
$custom-light: #93d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.11398,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.47202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4E9

secondary

#E8BEB0

accent

#3F0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4E9

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

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