#53C4F2#53C4F2

#53C4F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C4F2
RGB	rgb(83, 196, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 19%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -18.16, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 36.95, 240.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0802 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.121 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3278, 47.7254, 91.1265)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C4F2 #F28153

analogous

#53F2D0 #53C4F2 #5374F2

triadic

#53C4F2 #F253C4 #C4F253

tetradic

#53C4F2 #D053F2 #F28153 #74F253

square

#53C4F2 #D053F2 #F28153 #74F253

split-complementary

#53C4F2 #F25374 #F2D053

monochromatic

#0E8ABC #1AB0EE #53C4F2 #8CD8F6 #C5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C4F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#53C4F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C4F2

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C4F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C4F2	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC1F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c4f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 196, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f6',
    500: '#53c4f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c4f2;
$custom-light: #94d6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c4f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.358,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77386,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C4F2

secondary

#ECC5B4

accent

#4403E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C4F2

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

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