#53C8E3#53C8E3

#53C8E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.110 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8E3
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 227)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -24.75, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 33.90, 223.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0897 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.11 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0810, 48.6896, 80.0493)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8E3 #E36E53

analogous

#53E3B6 #53C8E3 #5380E3

triadic

#53C8E3 #E353C8 #C8E353

tetradic

#53C8E3 #B653E3 #E36E53 #80E353

square

#53C8E3 #B653E3 #E36E53 #80E353

split-complementary

#53C8E3 #E35380 #E3B653

monochromatic

#1A88A1 #23B4D6 #53C8E3 #88D9EC #BCEAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#53C8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#53C8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8E3

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8E3	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)

#B5C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.110 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9eb',
    500: '#53c8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8e3;
$custom-light: #92d9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77692,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8E3

secondary

#E4B8AE

accent

#3611D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8E3

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

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