#53C6EC#53C6EC

#53C6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6EC
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -21.03, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 35.35, 233.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0843 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.116 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8956, 48.2791, 86.6096)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6EC #EC7953

analogous

#53ECC6 #53C6EC #5379EC

triadic

#53C6EC #EC53C6 #C6EC53

tetradic

#53C6EC #C653EC #EC7953 #79EC53

square

#53C6EC #C653EC #EC7953 #79EC53

split-complementary

#53C6EC #EC5379 #ECC653

monochromatic

#148AB1 #1CB4E6 #53C6EC #8AD8F2 #C1EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#53C6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6EC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6EC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7f2',
    500: '#53c6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6ec;
$custom-light: #93d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.902,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77592,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6EC

secondary

#E9BFB2

accent

#3E09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6EC

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

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