#53C7EC#53C7EC

#53C7EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7EC
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -21.54, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 35.30, 232.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0853 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.116 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1249, 48.7378, 86.6860)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7EC #EC7853

analogous

#53ECC5 #53C7EC #537AEC

triadic

#53C7EC #EC53C7 #C7EC53

tetradic

#53C7EC #C553EC #EC7853 #7AEC53

square

#53C7EC #C553EC #EC7853 #7AEC53

split-complementary

#53C7EC #EC537A #ECC553

monochromatic

#148BB1 #1CB5E6 #53C7EC #8AD9F2 #C1EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#53C7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7EC

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7EC	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f2',
    500: '#53c7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7ec;
$custom-light: #93d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7EC

secondary

#E9BFB2

accent

#3C09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7EC

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

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