#53C5EB#53C5EB

#53C5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5EB
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -20.82, -28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 35.19, 233.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0837 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.115 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5229, 47.7655, 85.7706)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5EB #EB7953

analogous

#53EBC5 #53C5EB #5379EB

triadic

#53C5EB #EB53C5 #C5EB53

tetradic

#53C5EB #C553EB #EB7953 #79EB53

square

#53C5EB #C553EB #EB7953 #79EB53

split-complementary

#53C5EB #EB5379 #EBC553

monochromatic

#1489AF #1CB3E5 #53C5EB #8AD7F1 #C1EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#53C5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5EB

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5EB	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)

#AFC1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f1',
    500: '#53c5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5eb;
$custom-light: #93d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7732,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5EB

secondary

#E9BFB1

accent

#3E0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5EB

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