#53C4F0#53C4F0

#53C4F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4F0
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -18.77, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 36.43, 238.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.0809 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.119 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0291, 47.6059, 89.5531)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4F0 #F07F53

analogous

#53F0CD #53C4F0 #5375F0

triadic

#53C4F0 #F053C4 #C4F053

tetradic

#53C4F0 #CD53F0 #F07F53 #75F053

square

#53C4F0 #CD53F0 #F07F53 #75F053

split-complementary

#53C4F0 #F05375 #F0CD53

monochromatic

#1089B9 #1BB1EB #53C4F0 #8BD7F5 #C4EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C4F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#53C4F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4F0

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4F0	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f5',
    500: '#53c4f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4f0;
$custom-light: #93d6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.815,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4F0

secondary

#EBC3B3

accent

#4305E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4F0

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

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