#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
RGBrgb(83, 201, 235)
HSLhsl(193, 79%, 62%)
HSVhsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.83, -22.86, -26.61)
CIE-LCHlch(75.83, 35.08, 229.33°)
OKLaboklab(78.24% -0.0877 -0.0741)
OKLCHoklch(78.24% 0.115 220.2)
XYZxyz(39.4432, 49.6062, 86.0774)
Luminance0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##53C9EB1.001.9210.9210.92
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9221.001.001.00
##00000010.9221.001.001.00

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

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#53C9EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva