#53C7EF#53C7EF

#53C7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.118 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C7EF
RGB	rgb(83, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -20.63, -29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 35.93, 234.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0842 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.118 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5644, 48.9136, 89.0008)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C7EF #EF7B53

analogous

#53EFC9 #53C7EF #5379EF

triadic

#53C7EF #EF53C7 #C7EF53

tetradic

#53C7EF #C953EF #EF7B53 #79EF53

square

#53C7EF #C953EF #EF7B53 #79EF53

split-complementary

#53C7EF #EF5379 #EFC953

monochromatic

#118CB7 #1BB5EA #53C7EF #8BD9F4 #C3EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#53C7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C7EF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C7EF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.118 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f4',
    500: '#53c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c7ef;
$custom-light: #93d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77946,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C7EF

secondary

#EBC1B3

accent

#3E06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C7EF

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

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