#53C5EA#53C5EA

#53C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5EA
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -21.13, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 34.99, 232.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0841 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.115 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3788, 47.7079, 85.0119)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5EA #EA7853

analogous

#53EAC4 #53C5EA #537AEA

triadic

#53C5EA #EA53C5 #C5EA53

tetradic

#53C5EA #C453EA #EA7853 #7AEA53

square

#53C5EA #C453EA #EA7853 #7AEA53

split-complementary

#53C5EA #EA537A #EAC453

monochromatic

#1588AD #1CB3E3 #53C5EA #8AD7F1 #C0EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#53C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5EA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5EA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f0',
    500: '#53c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ea;
$custom-light: #93d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.702,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5EA

secondary

#E8BEB1

accent

#3E0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5EA

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

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