#53C8ED#53C8ED

#53C8ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.116 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53C8ED
RGBrgb(83, 200, 237)
HSLhsl(194, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.61, -21.75, -28.01)
CIE-LCHlch(75.61, 35.46, 232.18°)
OKLaboklab(78.09% -0.086 -0.0781)
OKLCHoklch(78.09% 0.116 222.3)
XYZxyz(39.5014, 49.2577, 87.5302)
Luminance0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53C8ED #ED7853
analogous
#53EDC5 #53C8ED #537BED
triadic
#53C8ED #ED53C8 #C8ED53
tetradic
#53C8ED #C553ED #ED7853 #7BED53
square
#53C8ED #C553ED #ED7853 #7BED53
split-complementary
#53C8ED #ED537B #EDC553
monochromatic
#138CB3 #1CB6E7 #53C8ED #8ADAF3 #C2EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#53C8ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85
#53C8ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8ED
10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53C8ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53C8ED1.001.9410.8510.85
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8521.001.001.00
##00000010.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2C3EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DB3ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53c8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.116 222.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f3',
    500: '#53c8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53c8ed;
$custom-light: #93d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53c8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78093,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53C8ED
secondary
#EABFB2
accent
#3B08DD
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1417
muted
#7E8385

Preview Lab

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#53C8ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva