#53C8F0#53C8F0

#53C8F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8F0
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 240)
HSL	hsl(195, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -20.83, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 36.08, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0849 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.118 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9434, 49.4345, 89.8579)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8F0 #F07B53

analogous

#53F0CA #53C8F0 #5379F0

triadic

#53C8F0 #F053C8 #C8F053

tetradic

#53C8F0 #CA53F0 #F07B53 #79F053

square

#53C8F0 #CA53F0 #F07B53 #79F053

split-complementary

#53C8F0 #F05379 #F0CA53

monochromatic

#108EB9 #1BB6EB #53C8F0 #8BDAF5 #C4ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53C8F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#53C8F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8F0

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8F0	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f5',
    500: '#53c8f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8f0;
$custom-light: #94d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.287,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78216,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8F0

secondary

#EBC2B3

accent

#3D05E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8F0

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

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