#53C8E5#53C8E5

#53C8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8E5
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -24.15, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 34.15, 224.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.089 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.111 217)
XYZ	xyz(38.3586, 48.8006, 81.5115)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8E5 #E57053

analogous

#53E5B9 #53C8E5 #537FE5

triadic

#53C8E5 #E553C8 #C8E553

tetradic

#53C8E5 #B953E5 #E57053 #7FE553

square

#53C8E5 #B953E5 #E57053 #7FE553

split-complementary

#53C8E5 #E5537F #E5B953

monochromatic

#1989A5 #21B5DA #53C8E5 #88D9ED #BDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#53C8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8E5

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8E5	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)

#B5C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9ed',
    500: '#53c8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8e5;
$custom-light: #92d9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7777,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.48805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8E5

secondary

#E5B9AE

accent

#3710D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8E5

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

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