#53C6ED#53C6ED

#53C6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.116 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6ED
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -20.73, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 35.56, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.084 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.116 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0413, 48.3374, 87.3769)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6ED #ED7A53

analogous

#53EDC7 #53C6ED #5379ED

triadic

#53C6ED #ED53C6 #C6ED53

tetradic

#53C6ED #C753ED #ED7A53 #79ED53

square

#53C6ED #C753ED #ED7A53 #79ED53

split-complementary

#53C6ED #ED5379 #EDC753

monochromatic

#138AB3 #1CB4E7 #53C6ED #8AD8F3 #C2EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#53C6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#53C6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6ED

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6ED	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.116 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7f3',
    500: '#53c6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6ed;
$custom-light: #93d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.195,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77633,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6ED

secondary

#EAC0B2

accent

#3E08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6ED

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

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