#53C9EE#53C9EE

#53C9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.117 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53C9EE
RGB	rgb(83, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -21.95, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 35.62, 231.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0866 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.117 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8803, 49.7810, 88.3793)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53C9EE #EE7853

analogous

#53EEC6 #53C9EE #537BEE

triadic

#53C9EE #EE53C9 #C9EE53

tetradic

#53C9EE #C653EE #EE7853 #7BEE53

square

#53C9EE #C653EE #EE7853 #7BEE53

split-complementary

#53C9EE #EE537B #EEC653

monochromatic

#128EB5 #1BB8E8 #53C9EE #8BDAF4 #C2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53C9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#53C9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53C9EE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53C9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53C9EE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53c9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.117 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9f3',
    500: '#53c9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53c9ee;
$custom-light: #93d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53c9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.323,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78363,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53C9EE

secondary

#EAC0B2

accent

#3A07DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53C9EE

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

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