#53C8EE#53C8EE

#53C8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8EE
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -21.44, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 35.66, 233.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0856 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.117 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6479, 49.3163, 88.3018)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8EE #EE7953

analogous

#53EEC7 #53C8EE #537AEE

triadic

#53C8EE #EE53C8 #C8EE53

tetradic

#53C8EE #C753EE #EE7953 #7AEE53

square

#53C8EE #C753EE #EE7953 #7AEE53

split-complementary

#53C8EE #EE537A #EEC753

monochromatic

#128DB5 #1BB6E8 #53C8EE #8BDAF4 #C2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53C8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#53C8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8EE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8EE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f3',
    500: '#53c8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ee;
$custom-light: #93d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78134,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8EE

secondary

#EAC0B2

accent

#3C07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →