#53C6E7#53C6E7

#53C6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6E7
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 231)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -22.55, -25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 34.41, 229.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0862 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.113 220)
XYZ	xyz(38.1793, 47.9926, 82.8372)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6E7 #E77453

analogous

#53E7BE #53C6E7 #537CE7

triadic

#53C6E7 #E753C6 #C6E753

tetradic

#53C6E7 #BE53E7 #E77453 #7CE753

square

#53C6E7 #BE53E7 #E77453 #7CE753

split-complementary

#53C6E7 #E7537C #E7BE53

monochromatic

#1788A8 #1FB3DE #53C6E7 #89D8EE #BEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#53C6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6E7

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6E7	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)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d7ee',
    500: '#53c6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6e7;
$custom-light: #92d7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77387,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.47997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6E7

secondary

#E6BCAF

accent

#3B0ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6E7

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

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