#53C8E9#53C8E9

#53C8E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8E9
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 233)
HSL	hsl(193, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -22.96, -26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 34.74, 228.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0875 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.114 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9236, 49.0266, 84.4867)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8E9 #E97453

analogous

#53E9BF #53C8E9 #537DE9

triadic

#53C8E9 #E953C8 #C8E953

tetradic

#53C8E9 #BF53E9 #E97453 #7DE953

square

#53C8E9 #BF53E9 #E97453 #7DE953

split-complementary

#53C8E9 #E9537D #E9BF53

monochromatic

#168BAC #1DB7E2 #53C8E9 #89D9F0 #C0EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#53C8E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#53C8E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8E9

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8E9	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f0',
    500: '#53c8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8e9;
$custom-light: #93d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7793,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8E9

secondary

#E8BCB0

accent

#390CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8E9

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

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