#53C9EC#53C9EC

#53C9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.115 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9EC
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -22.56, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 35.25, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0873 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.115 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5881, 49.6642, 86.8404)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9EC #EC7653

analogous

#53ECC2 #53C9EC #537DEC

triadic

#53C9EC #EC53C9 #C9EC53

tetradic

#53C9EC #C253EC #EC7653 #7DEC53

square

#53C9EC #C253EC #EC7653 #7DEC53

split-complementary

#53C9EC #EC537D #ECC253

monochromatic

#148DB1 #1CB8E6 #53C9EC #8ADAF2 #C1ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53C9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#53C9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9EC

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9EC	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.115 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f2',
    500: '#53c9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9ec;
$custom-light: #93d9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.725,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78282,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9EC

secondary

#E9BEB2

accent

#3909DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9EC

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

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