#53C5EF#53C5EF

#53C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.118 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5EF
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -19.60, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 36.09, 237.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0822 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.118 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1073, 47.9993, 88.8484)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5EF #EF7D53

analogous

#53EFCB #53C5EF #5377EF

triadic

#53C5EF #EF53C5 #C5EF53

tetradic

#53C5EF #CB53EF #EF7D53 #77EF53

square

#53C5EF #CB53EF #EF7D53 #77EF53

split-complementary

#53C5EF #EF5377 #EFCB53

monochromatic

#118AB7 #1BB2EA #53C5EF #8BD8F4 #C3EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#53C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5EF

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5EF	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.118 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f4',
    500: '#53c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5ef;
$custom-light: #93d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77487,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5EF

secondary

#EBC2B3

accent

#4106DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5EF

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

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