#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
RGBrgb(83, 201, 229)
HSLhsl(192, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(192, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(63.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.62, -24.65, -23.70)
CIE-LCHlch(75.62, 34.20, 223.87°)
OKLaboklab(78% -0.09 -0.0659)
OKLCHoklch(78% 0.112 216.2)
XYZxyz(38.5910, 49.2653, 81.5889)
Luminance0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##53C9E51.001.9310.8510.85
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8521.001.001.00
##00000010.8521.001.001.00

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

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#53C9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva