#53C6EB#53C6EB

#53C6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.115 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6EB
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -21.34, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 35.15, 232.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0847 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.115 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7507, 48.2212, 85.8466)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6EB #EB7853

analogous

#53EBC4 #53C6EB #537AEB

triadic

#53C6EB #EB53C6 #C6EB53

tetradic

#53C6EB #C453EB #EB7853 #7AEB53

square

#53C6EB #C453EB #EB7853 #7AEB53

split-complementary

#53C6EB #EB537A #EBC453

monochromatic

#148AAF #1CB4E5 #53C6EB #8AD8F1 #C1EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#53C6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6EB

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6EB	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.115 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7f1',
    500: '#53c6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6eb;
$custom-light: #93d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.605,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7755,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6EB

secondary

#E9BFB1

accent

#3D0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6EB

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

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