#53C7EA#53C7EA

#53C7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7EA
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -22.15, -27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 34.92, 230.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0861 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.114 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8360, 48.6222, 85.1643)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7EA #EA7653

analogous

#53EAC1 #53C7EA #537CEA

triadic

#53C7EA #EA53C7 #C7EA53

tetradic

#53C7EA #C153EA #EA7653 #7CEA53

square

#53C7EA #C153EA #EA7653 #7CEA53

split-complementary

#53C7EA #EA537C #EAC153

monochromatic

#158AAD #1CB5E3 #53C7EA #8AD9F1 #C0EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#53C7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7EA

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7EA	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)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f0',
    500: '#53c7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7ea;
$custom-light: #93d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.907,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7774,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7EA

secondary

#E8BEB1

accent

#3B0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7EA

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

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