#53C5E9#53C5E9

#53C5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5E9
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -21.43, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 34.79, 231.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0844 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.114 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2356, 47.6506, 84.2574)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5E9 #E97753

analogous

#53E9C2 #53C5E9 #537AE9

triadic

#53C5E9 #E953C5 #C5E953

tetradic

#53C5E9 #C253E9 #E97753 #7AE953

square

#53C5E9 #C253E9 #E97753 #7AE953

split-complementary

#53C5E9 #E9537A #E9C253

monochromatic

#1688AC #1DB3E2 #53C5E9 #89D7F0 #C0EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#53C5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5E9

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5E9	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f0',
    500: '#53c5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5e9;
$custom-light: #93d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5E9

secondary

#E8BEB0

accent

#3D0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5E9

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

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