#53C9EB#53C9EB

#53C9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.115 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9EB
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -22.86, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 35.08, 229.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0877 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.115 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4432, 49.6062, 86.0774)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9EB #EB7553

analogous

#53EBC1 #53C9EB #537DEB

triadic

#53C9EB #EB53C9 #C9EB53

tetradic

#53C9EB #C153EB #EB7553 #7DEB53

square

#53C9EB #C153EB #EB7553 #7DEB53

split-complementary

#53C9EB #EB537D #EBC153

monochromatic

#148DAF #1CB8E5 #53C9EB #8ADAF1 #C1EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53C9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#53C9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9EB

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9EB	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.115 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f1',
    500: '#53c9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9eb;
$custom-light: #93d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9EB

secondary

#E9BEB1

accent

#390ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9EB

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

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