#53C8F1#53C8F1

#53C8F1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.119 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8F1
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 241)
HSL	hsl(196, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 17%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -20.52, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 36.30, 235.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0845 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.119 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0923, 49.4941, 90.6424)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8F1 #F17C53

analogous

#53F1CB #53C8F1 #5379F1

triadic

#53C8F1 #F153C8 #C8F153

tetradic

#53C8F1 #CB53F1 #F17C53 #79F153

square

#53C8F1 #CB53F1 #F17C53 #79F153

split-complementary

#53C8F1 #F15379 #F1CB53

monochromatic

#0F8EBA #1AB6EC #53C8F1 #8CDAF6 #C4ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53C8F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#53C8F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8F1

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8F1	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C4F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB4F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.119 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f5',
    500: '#53c8f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8f1;
$custom-light: #94d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.57,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78258,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8F1

secondary

#ECC2B4

accent

#3E04E1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8F1

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

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