#53C8E1#53C8E1

#53C8E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.110 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8E1
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 225)
HSL	hsl(191, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -25.34, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 33.68, 221.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0905 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.11 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8066, 48.5798, 78.6039)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8E1 #E16C53

analogous

#53E1B3 #53C8E1 #5381E1

triadic

#53C8E1 #E153C8 #C8E153

tetradic

#53C8E1 #B353E1 #E16C53 #81E153

square

#53C8E1 #B353E1 #E16C53 #81E153

split-complementary

#53C8E1 #E15381 #E1B353

monochromatic

#1C879E #25B4D2 #53C8E1 #87D9EA #BBE9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#53C8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8E1

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8E1	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.110 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9ea',
    500: '#53c8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8e1;
$custom-light: #92d9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.563,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77614,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8E1

secondary

#E3B6AD

accent

#3513D2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8E1

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

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