#53C5ED#53C5ED

#53C5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.117 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5ED
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -20.21, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 35.62, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.083 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.117 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8135, 47.8818, 87.3009)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5ED #ED7B53

analogous

#53EDC8 #53C5ED #5378ED

triadic

#53C5ED #ED53C5 #C5ED53

tetradic

#53C5ED #C853ED #ED7B53 #78ED53

square

#53C5ED #C853ED #ED7B53 #78ED53

split-complementary

#53C5ED #ED5378 #EDC853

monochromatic

#1389B3 #1CB2E7 #53C5ED #8AD8F3 #C2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#53C5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5ED

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5ED	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.117 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f3',
    500: '#53c5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ed;
$custom-light: #93d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77403,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5ED

secondary

#EAC1B2

accent

#3F08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5ED

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

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