#53C9EA#53C9EA

#53C9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9EA
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -23.16, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 34.91, 228.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0881 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.114 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2992, 49.5486, 85.3187)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9EA #EA7453

analogous

#53EAC0 #53C9EA #537DEA

triadic

#53C9EA #EA53C9 #C9EA53

tetradic

#53C9EA #C053EA #EA7453 #7DEA53

square

#53C9EA #C053EA #EA7453 #7DEA53

split-complementary

#53C9EA #EA537D #EAC053

monochromatic

#158CAD #1CB8E3 #53C9EA #8ADAF1 #C0EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53C9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#53C9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9EA

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9EA	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)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f0',
    500: '#53c9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9ea;
$custom-light: #93d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.113,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78201,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9EA

secondary

#E8BDB1

accent

#380BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9EA

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

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