#53C7E9#53C7E9

#53C7E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7E9
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 233)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -22.45, -26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 34.75, 229.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0864 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.114 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6927, 48.5649, 84.4098)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7E9 #E97553

analogous

#53E9C0 #53C7E9 #537CE9

triadic

#53C7E9 #E953C7 #C7E953

tetradic

#53C7E9 #C053E9 #E97553 #7CE953

square

#53C7E9 #C053E9 #E97553 #7CE953

split-complementary

#53C7E9 #E9537C #E9C053

monochromatic

#168AAC #1DB5E2 #53C7E9 #89D9F0 #C0EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C7E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#53C7E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7E9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7E9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f0',
    500: '#53c7e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7e9;
$custom-light: #93d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77699,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7E9

secondary

#E8BDB0

accent

#3B0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7E9

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

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