#53C6E9#53C6E9

#53C6E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.114 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6E9
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -21.94, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 34.76, 230.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0854 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.114 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4634, 48.1063, 84.3334)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6E9 #E97653

analogous

#53E9C1 #53C6E9 #537BE9

triadic

#53C6E9 #E953C6 #C6E953

tetradic

#53C6E9 #C153E9 #E97653 #7BE953

square

#53C6E9 #C153E9 #E97653 #7BE953

split-complementary

#53C6E9 #E9537B #E9C153

monochromatic

#1689AC #1DB4E2 #53C6E9 #89D8F0 #C0EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#53C6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#53C6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6E9

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6E9	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)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.114 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7f0',
    500: '#53c6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6e9;
$custom-light: #93d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77468,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6E9

secondary

#E8BDB0

accent

#3C0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6E9

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

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