#53C4EE#53C4EE

#53C4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.117 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4EE
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -19.39, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 35.94, 237.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0816 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.118 226)
XYZ	xyz(38.7336, 47.4878, 87.9971)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4EE #EE7D53

analogous

#53EECA #53C4EE #5376EE

triadic

#53C4EE #EE53C4 #C4EE53

tetradic

#53C4EE #CA53EE #EE7D53 #76EE53

square

#53C4EE #CA53EE #EE7D53 #76EE53

split-complementary

#53C4EE #EE5376 #EECA53

monochromatic

#1289B5 #1BB1E8 #53C4EE #8BD7F4 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#53C4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4EE

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4EE	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.117 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f3',
    500: '#53c4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4ee;
$custom-light: #93d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77216,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.47492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4EE

secondary

#EAC2B2

accent

#4107DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4EE

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

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