#53C8E8#53C8E8

#53C8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.113 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8E8
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -23.26, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 34.58, 227.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0878 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.113 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7811, 48.9696, 83.7365)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8E8 #E87353

analogous

#53E8BE #53C8E8 #537EE8

triadic

#53C8E8 #E853C8 #C8E853

tetradic

#53C8E8 #BE53E8 #E87353 #7EE853

square

#53C8E8 #BE53E8 #E87353 #7EE853

split-complementary

#53C8E8 #E8537E #E8BE53

monochromatic

#178AAA #1EB6E0 #53C8E8 #89D9EF #BFEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#53C8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#53C8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8E8

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8E8	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.113 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9ef',
    500: '#53c8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8e8;
$custom-light: #93d9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7789,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8E8

secondary

#E7BCB0

accent

#390DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8E8

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

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