#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
RGBrgb(83, 196, 238)
HSLhsl(196, 82%, 63%)
HSVhsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(74.50, -19.39, -30.26)
CIE-LCHlch(74.50, 35.94, 237.35°)
OKLaboklab(77.22% -0.0816 -0.0845)
OKLCHoklch(77.22% 0.118 226)
XYZxyz(38.7336, 47.4878, 87.9971)
Luminance0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##53C4EE1.002.0010.5010.50
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5021.001.001.00
##00000010.5021.001.001.00

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

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#53C4EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva