#53C5F0#53C5F0

#53C5F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5F0
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -19.29, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 36.33, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0819 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.119 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2554, 48.0586, 89.6286)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5F0 #F07E53

analogous

#53F0CC #53C5F0 #5376F0

triadic

#53C5F0 #F053C5 #C5F053

tetradic

#53C5F0 #CC53F0 #F07E53 #76F053

square

#53C5F0 #CC53F0 #F07E53 #76F053

split-complementary

#53C5F0 #F05376 #F0CC53

monochromatic

#108AB9 #1BB2EB #53C5F0 #8BD8F5 #C4EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C5F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#53C5F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5F0

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5F0	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6f5',
    500: '#53c5f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5f0;
$custom-light: #93d6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77529,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5F0

secondary

#EBC3B3

accent

#4105E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5F0

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

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