#53C8FF#53C8FF

#53C8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.130 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C8FF
RGB	rgb(83, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(199, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -16.17, -36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 40.03, 246.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0796 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.13 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2644, 50.3629, 102.0819)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C8FF #FF8A53

analogous

#53FFE0 #53C8FF #5372FF

triadic

#53C8FF #FF53C8 #C8FF53

tetradic

#53C8FF #E053FF #FF8A53 #72FF53

square

#53C8FF #E053FF #FF8A53 #72FF53

split-complementary

#53C8FF #FF5372 #FFE053

monochromatic

#0093D8 #16B4FF #53C8FF #90DCFF #CDEFFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#53C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C8FF

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C8FF	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC6FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.130 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8ff',
    500: '#53c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c8ff;
$custom-light: #95d8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.186,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78861,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C8FF

secondary

#D15C25

accent

#4900E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1418

muted

#808386

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C8FF

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

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