#53C6F0#53C6F0

#53C6F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.119 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6F0
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -19.81, -30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 36.23, 236.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0829 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.119 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4832, 48.5142, 89.7045)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6F0 #F07D53

analogous

#53F0CB #53C6F0 #5377F0

triadic

#53C6F0 #F053C6 #C6F053

tetradic

#53C6F0 #CB53F0 #F07D53 #77F053

square

#53C6F0 #CB53F0 #F07D53 #77F053

split-complementary

#53C6F0 #F05377 #F0CB53

monochromatic

#108BB9 #1BB3EB #53C6F0 #8BD9F5 #C4EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C6F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#53C6F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6F0

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6F0	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.119 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7f5',
    500: '#53c6f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6f0;
$custom-light: #93d7f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77758,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6F0

secondary

#EBC2B3

accent

#4005E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6F0

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

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