#53C8EC#53C8EC

#53C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.116 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8EC
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -22.05, -27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 35.27, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0863 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.116 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3557, 49.1995, 86.7629)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8EC #EC7753

analogous

#53ECC4 #53C8EC #537BEC

triadic

#53C8EC #EC53C8 #C8EC53

tetradic

#53C8EC #C453EC #EC7753 #7BEC53

square

#53C8EC #C453EC #EC7753 #7BEC53

split-complementary

#53C8EC #EC537B #ECC453

monochromatic

#148CB1 #1CB6E6 #53C8EC #8ADAF2 #C1EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#53C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#53C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8EC

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8EC	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.116 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f2',
    500: '#53c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ec;
$custom-light: #93d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78052,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8EC

secondary

#E9BFB2

accent

#3B09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8EC

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

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