#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
RGBrgb(83, 198, 233)
HSLhsl(194, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 15%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.89, -21.94, -26.96)
CIE-LCHlch(74.89, 34.76, 230.86°)
OKLaboklab(77.47% -0.0854 -0.0752)
OKLCHoklch(77.47% 0.114 221.3)
XYZxyz(38.4634, 48.1063, 84.3334)
Luminance0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53C6E91.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

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

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#53C6E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva