#53C6EF#53C6EF

#53C6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6EF
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -20.11, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 36.00, 236.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0832 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.118 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3351, 48.4549, 88.9243)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6EF #EF7C53

analogous

#53EFCA #53C6EF #5378EF

triadic

#53C6EF #EF53C6 #C6EF53

tetradic

#53C6EF #CA53EF #EF7C53 #78EF53

square

#53C6EF #CA53EF #EF7C53 #78EF53

split-complementary

#53C6EF #EF5378 #EFCA53

monochromatic

#118BB7 #1BB3EA #53C6EF #8BD9F4 #C3EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#53C6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6EF

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6EF	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7f4',
    500: '#53c6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6ef;
$custom-light: #93d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.769,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77716,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6EF

secondary

#EBC2B3

accent

#3F06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6EF

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

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