#53C8EA#53C8EA

#53C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.114 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8EA
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -22.65, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 34.91, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0871 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.114 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0668, 49.0839, 85.2412)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8EA #EA7553

analogous

#53EAC1 #53C8EA #537DEA

triadic

#53C8EA #EA53C8 #C8EA53

tetradic

#53C8EA #C153EA #EA7553 #7DEA53

square

#53C8EA #C153EA #EA7553 #7DEA53

split-complementary

#53C8EA #EA537D #EAC153

monochromatic

#158BAD #1CB7E3 #53C8EA #8AD9F1 #C0EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#53C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#53C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8EA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8EA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.114 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f0',
    500: '#53c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ea;
$custom-light: #93d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7797,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8EA

secondary

#E8BDB1

accent

#3A0BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8EA

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

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