#53C5F2#53C5F2

#53C5F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.120 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C5F2
RGB	rgb(83, 197, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -18.67, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 36.83, 239.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0812 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.12 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5541, 48.1781, 91.2019)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C5F2 #F28053

analogous

#53F2CF #53C5F2 #5375F2

triadic

#53C5F2 #F253C5 #C5F253

tetradic

#53C5F2 #CF53F2 #F28053 #75F253

square

#53C5F2 #CF53F2 #F28053 #75F253

split-complementary

#53C5F2 #F25375 #F2CF53

monochromatic

#0E8BBC #1AB2EE #53C5F2 #8CD8F6 #C5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C5F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#53C5F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C5F2

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C5F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C5F2	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC2F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B1F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 197, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.120 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f6',
    500: '#53c5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c5f2;
$custom-light: #94d6f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.981,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77614,
    "c": 0.12029,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C5F2

secondary

#ECC4B4

accent

#4203E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C5F2

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

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