#53C9E5#53C9E5

#53C9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.112 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9E5
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -24.65, -23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 34.20, 223.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.09 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.112 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5910, 49.2653, 81.5889)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9E5 #E56F53

analogous

#53E5B8 #53C9E5 #5380E5

triadic

#53C9E5 #E553C9 #C9E553

tetradic

#53C9E5 #B853E5 #E56F53 #80E553

square

#53C9E5 #B853E5 #E56F53 #80E553

split-complementary

#53C9E5 #E55380 #E5B853

monochromatic

#198AA5 #21B6DA #53C9E5 #88DAED #BDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#53C9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#53C9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9E5

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9E5	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.112 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d9ed',
    500: '#53c9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9e5;
$custom-light: #92d9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78002,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9E5

secondary

#E5B9AE

accent

#3610D6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9E5

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

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