#53C4ED#53C4ED

#53C4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4ED
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -19.70, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 35.70, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0819 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.117 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5871, 47.4292, 87.2255)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4ED #ED7C53

analogous

#53EDC9 #53C4ED #5377ED

triadic

#53C4ED #ED53C4 #C4ED53

tetradic

#53C4ED #C953ED #ED7C53 #77ED53

square

#53C4ED #C953ED #ED7C53 #77ED53

split-complementary

#53C4ED #ED5377 #EDC953

monochromatic

#1388B3 #1CB1E7 #53C4ED #8AD7F3 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#53C4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4ED

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4ED	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f3',
    500: '#53c4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4ed;
$custom-light: #93d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4ED

secondary

#EAC1B2

accent

#4108DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4ED

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

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