#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
RGBrgb(83, 196, 237)
HSLhsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.46, -19.70, -29.78)
CIE-LCHlch(74.46, 35.70, 236.51°)
OKLaboklab(77.17% -0.0819 -0.0832)
OKLCHoklch(77.17% 0.117 225.4)
XYZxyz(38.5871, 47.4292, 87.2255)
Luminance0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##53C4ED1.002.0010.4910.49
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4921.001.001.00
##00000010.4921.001.001.00

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

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#53C4ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva