#53CAE6#53CAE6

#53CAE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.112 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAE6
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -24.86, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 34.38, 223.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0906 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.112 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9649, 49.7891, 82.4043)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAE6 #E66F53

analogous

#53E6B9 #53CAE6 #5381E6

triadic

#53CAE6 #E653CA #CAE653

tetradic

#53CAE6 #B953E6 #E66F53 #81E653

square

#53CAE6 #B953E6 #E66F53 #81E653

split-complementary

#53CAE6 #E65381 #E6B953

monochromatic

#188BA6 #20B8DC #53CAE6 #88DAEE #BEEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#53CAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#53CAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAE6

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAE6	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)

#B7C4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.112 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daee',
    500: '#53cae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cae6;
$custom-light: #93daee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAE6

secondary

#E6B9AF

accent

#350FD7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAE6

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

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