#53C6F2#53C6F2

#53C6F2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.120 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C6F2
RGB	rgb(83, 198, 242)
HSL	hsl(197, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -19.19, -31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 36.71, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0821 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.12 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7820, 48.6337, 91.2778)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C6F2 #F27F53

analogous

#53F2CE #53C6F2 #5376F2

triadic

#53C6F2 #F253C6 #C6F253

tetradic

#53C6F2 #CE53F2 #F27F53 #76F253

square

#53C6F2 #CE53F2 #F27F53 #76F253

split-complementary

#53C6F2 #F25376 #F2CE53

monochromatic

#0E8CBC #1AB3EE #53C6F2 #8CD9F6 #C5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C6F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#53C6F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C6F2

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C6F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C6F2	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC2F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B2F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c6f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 198, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.120 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f6',
    500: '#53c6f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c6f2;
$custom-light: #94d7f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c6f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.604,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C6F2

secondary

#ECC4B4

accent

#4103E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C6F2

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

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