#53C5E7#53C5E7

#53C5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.113 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5E7
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -22.04, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 34.42, 230.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0852 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.113 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9515, 47.5370, 82.7613)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5E7 #E77553

analogous

#53E7BF #53C5E7 #537BE7

triadic

#53C5E7 #E753C5 #C5E753

tetradic

#53C5E7 #BF53E7 #E77553 #7BE753

square

#53C5E7 #BF53E7 #E77553 #7BE753

split-complementary

#53C5E7 #E7537B #E7BF53

monochromatic

#1787A8 #1FB2DE #53C5E7 #89D7EE #BEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#53C5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#53C5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5E7

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5E7	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.113 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d6ee',
    500: '#53c5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5e7;
$custom-light: #92d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77156,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5E7

secondary

#E6BCAF

accent

#3C0ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5E7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →