#53C7ED#53C7ED

#53C7ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.116 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7ED
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -21.24, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 35.51, 233.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.085 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.116 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2706, 48.7961, 87.4533)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7ED #ED7953

analogous

#53EDC6 #53C7ED #537AED

triadic

#53C7ED #ED53C7 #C7ED53

tetradic

#53C7ED #C653ED #ED7953 #7AED53

square

#53C7ED #C653ED #ED7953 #7AED53

split-complementary

#53C7ED #ED537A #EDC653

monochromatic

#138BB3 #1CB5E7 #53C7ED #8AD9F3 #C2EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C7ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#53C7ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7ED

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7ED	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.116 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f3',
    500: '#53c7ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7ed;
$custom-light: #93d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.805,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77863,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7ED

secondary

#EAC0B2

accent

#3D08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7ED

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

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