#53C5DE#53C5DE

#53C5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5DE
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -24.73, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 33.13, 221.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0886 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.108 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7129, 47.0416, 76.2382)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5DE #DE6C53

analogous

#53DEB1 #53C5DE #5380DE

triadic

#53C5DE #DE53C5 #C5DE53

tetradic

#53C5DE #B153DE #DE6C53 #80DE53

square

#53C5DE #B153DE #DE6C53 #80DE53

split-complementary

#53C5DE #DE5380 #DEB153

monochromatic

#1D8399 #27AFCD #53C5DE #86D6E8 #BAE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#53C5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#53C5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5DE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5DE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d6e8',
    500: '#53c5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5de;
$custom-light: #91d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.791,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76799,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5DE

secondary

#E1B5AC

accent

#5C3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5DE

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

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