#53C5F1#53C5F1

#53C5F1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5F1
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 241)
HSL	hsl(197, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -18.98, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 36.57, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0815 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.12 227)
XYZ	xyz(39.4044, 48.1181, 90.4131)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5F1 #F17F53

analogous

#53F1CE #53C5F1 #5376F1

triadic

#53C5F1 #F153C5 #C5F153

tetradic

#53C5F1 #CE53F1 #F17F53 #76F153

square

#53C5F1 #CE53F1 #F17F53 #76F153

split-complementary

#53C5F1 #F15376 #F1CE53

monochromatic

#0F8BBA #1AB2EC #53C5F1 #8CD8F6 #C4EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C5F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#53C5F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5F1

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5F1	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f5',
    500: '#53c5f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5f1;
$custom-light: #94d6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77572,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.48122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5F1

secondary

#ECC3B4

accent

#4204E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5F1

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

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