#53C8EF#53C8EF

#53C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8EF
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -21.14, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 35.87, 233.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0852 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.118 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7953, 49.3753, 89.0777)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8EF #EF7A53

analogous

#53EFC8 #53C8EF #537AEF

triadic

#53C8EF #EF53C8 #C8EF53

tetradic

#53C8EF #C853EF #EF7A53 #7AEF53

square

#53C8EF #C853EF #EF7A53 #7AEF53

split-complementary

#53C8EF #EF537A #EFC853

monochromatic

#118DB7 #1BB6EA #53C8EF #8BDAF4 #C3ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#53C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8EF

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8EF	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d8f4',
    500: '#53c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ef;
$custom-light: #93d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78175,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8EF

secondary

#EBC1B3

accent

#3C06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8EF

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

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