#53C4EB#53C4EB

#53C4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.115 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4EB
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -20.31, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 35.25, 234.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0827 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.115 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2966, 47.3129, 85.6952)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4EB #EB7A53

analogous

#53EBC6 #53C4EB #5378EB

triadic

#53C4EB #EB53C4 #C4EB53

tetradic

#53C4EB #C653EB #EB7A53 #78EB53

square

#53C4EB #C653EB #EB7A53 #78EB53

split-complementary

#53C4EB #EB5378 #EBC653

monochromatic

#1487AF #1CB1E5 #53C4EB #8AD7F1 #C1EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#53C4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#53C4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4EB

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4EB	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.115 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f1',
    500: '#53c4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4eb;
$custom-light: #93d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.395,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7709,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4EB

secondary

#E9BFB1

accent

#400ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4EB

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

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