#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
RGBrgb(83, 198, 235)
HSLhsl(195, 79%, 62%)
HSVhsv(195, 65%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.96, -21.34, -27.93)
CIE-LCHlch(74.96, 35.15, 232.62°)
OKLaboklab(77.55% -0.0847 -0.0779)
OKLCHoklch(77.55% 0.115 222.6)
XYZxyz(38.7507, 48.2212, 85.8466)
Luminance0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##53C6EB1.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#53C6EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva