#53C7EB#53C7EB

#53C7EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7EB
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -21.84, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 35.11, 231.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0857 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.115 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9800, 48.6798, 85.9230)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7EB #EB7753

analogous

#53EBC3 #53C7EB #537BEB

triadic

#53C7EB #EB53C7 #C7EB53

tetradic

#53C7EB #C353EB #EB7753 #7BEB53

square

#53C7EB #C353EB #EB7753 #7BEB53

split-complementary

#53C7EB #EB537B #EBC353

monochromatic

#148BAF #1CB5E5 #53C7EB #8AD9F1 #C1EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#53C7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7EB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7EB	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f1',
    500: '#53c7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7eb;
$custom-light: #93d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77781,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7EB

secondary

#E9BEB1

accent

#3C0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7EB

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

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