#53C6E3#53C6E3

#53C6E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.110 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6E3
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 227)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -23.75, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 33.80, 225.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0877 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.11 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6208, 47.7692, 79.8959)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6E3 #E37053

analogous

#53E3B8 #53C6E3 #537EE3

triadic

#53C6E3 #E353C6 #C6E353

tetradic

#53C6E3 #B853E3 #E37053 #7EE353

square

#53C6E3 #B853E3 #E37053 #7EE353

split-complementary

#53C6E3 #E3537E #E3B853

monochromatic

#1A86A1 #23B2D6 #53C6E3 #88D7EC #BCE9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#53C6E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#53C6E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6E3

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6E3	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.110 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7eb',
    500: '#53c6e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6e3;
$custom-light: #92d7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77227,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6E3

secondary

#E4B9AE

accent

#3911D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6E3

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

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