#53CAE4#53CAE4

#53CAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.111 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAE4
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -25.45, -22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 34.15, 221.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0914 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.111 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6856, 49.6774, 80.9336)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAE4 #E46D53

analogous

#53E4B6 #53CAE4 #5381E4

triadic

#53CAE4 #E453CA #CAE453

tetradic

#53CAE4 #B653E4 #E46D53 #81E453

square

#53CAE4 #B653E4 #E46D53 #81E453

split-complementary

#53CAE4 #E45381 #E4B653

monochromatic

#1A8AA3 #22B7D8 #53CAE4 #88DAEC #BDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#53CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAE4

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAE4	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.111 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92daec',
    500: '#53cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cae4;
$custom-light: #92daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78196,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAE4

secondary

#E5B8AE

accent

#3411D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAE4

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

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