#53C8E4#53C8E4

#53C8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.111 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8E4
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -24.45, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 34.02, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0894 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.111 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2194, 48.7449, 80.7782)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8E4 #E46F53

analogous

#53E4B7 #53C8E4 #537FE4

triadic

#53C8E4 #E453C8 #C8E453

tetradic

#53C8E4 #B753E4 #E46F53 #7FE453

square

#53C8E4 #B753E4 #E46F53 #7FE453

split-complementary

#53C8E4 #E4537F #E4B753

monochromatic

#1A88A3 #22B5D8 #53C8E4 #88D9EC #BDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#53C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8E4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8E4	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)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.111 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9ec',
    500: '#53c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8e4;
$custom-light: #92d9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.586,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77731,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8E4

secondary

#E5B9AE

accent

#3611D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8E4

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

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