#53C8F2#53C8F2

#53C8F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.120 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8F2
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -20.22, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 36.53, 236.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0841 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.12 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2421, 49.5540, 91.4312)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8F2 #F27D53

analogous

#53F2CC #53C8F2 #5378F2

triadic

#53C8F2 #F253C8 #C8F253

tetradic

#53C8F2 #CC53F2 #F27D53 #78F253

square

#53C8F2 #CC53F2 #F27D53 #78F253

split-complementary

#53C8F2 #F25378 #F2CC53

monochromatic

#0E8EBC #1AB6EE #53C8F2 #8CDAF6 #C5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53C8F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#53C8F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8F2

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8F2	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C4F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.120 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f6',
    500: '#53c8f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8f2;
$custom-light: #94d8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8F2

secondary

#ECC3B4

accent

#3E03E2

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8F2

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

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