#53C4EC#53C4EC

#53C4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4EC
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -20.01, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.47, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0823 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.116 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4415, 47.3709, 86.4582)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4EC #EC7B53

analogous

#53ECC7 #53C4EC #5378EC

triadic

#53C4EC #EC53C4 #C4EC53

tetradic

#53C4EC #C753EC #EC7B53 #78EC53

square

#53C4EC #C753EC #EC7B53 #78EC53

split-complementary

#53C4EC #EC5378 #ECC753

monochromatic

#1488B1 #1CB1E6 #53C4EC #8AD7F2 #C1EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#53C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4EC

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4EC	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f2',
    500: '#53c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4ec;
$custom-light: #93d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77132,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4EC

secondary

#E9C0B2

accent

#4009DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4EC

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

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