#53C5EC#53C5EC

#53C5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5EC
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -20.52, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 35.41, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0833 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.116 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.6678, 47.8235, 86.5336)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5EC #EC7A53

analogous

#53ECC6 #53C5EC #5379EC

triadic

#53C5EC #EC53C5 #C5EC53

tetradic

#53C5EC #C653EC #EC7A53 #79EC53

square

#53C5EC #C653EC #EC7A53 #79EC53

split-complementary

#53C5EC #EC5379 #ECC653

monochromatic

#1489B1 #1CB2E6 #53C5EC #8AD8F2 #C1EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#53C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5EC

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5EC	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f2',
    500: '#53c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ec;
$custom-light: #93d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77362,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.47828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5EC

secondary

#E9C0B2

accent

#3F09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5EC

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

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