#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
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 15.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -21.75, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 35.46, 232.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.086 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.116 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5014, 49.2577, 87.5302)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##53C8ED	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #53C8ED

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

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