#53CAEB#53CAEB

#53CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53CAEB
RGBrgb(83, 202, 235)
HSLhsl(193, 79%, 62%)
HSVhsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.11, -23.36, -26.17)
CIE-LCHlch(76.11, 35.08, 228.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% -0.0887 -0.0729)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.115 219.4)
XYZxyz(39.6771, 50.0739, 86.1553)
Luminance0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53CAEB #EB7453
analogous
#53EBC0 #53CAEB #537EEB
triadic
#53CAEB #EB53CA #CAEB53
tetradic
#53CAEB #C053EB #EB7453 #7EEB53
square
#53CAEB #C053EB #EB7453 #7EEB53
split-complementary
#53CAEB #EB537E #EBC053
monochromatic
#148EAF #1CB9E5 #53CAEB #8ADBF1 #C1ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#53CAEB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02
#53CAEB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAEB
11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53CAEB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53CAEB1.001.9111.0211.02
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0221.001.001.00
##00000011.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5C5ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B5EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 219.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daf1',
    500: '#53caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53caeb;
$custom-light: #93daf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53CAEB
secondary
#B04E32
accent
#380ADB
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FBFE
border
#CFD4D6
text
#0E1416
muted
#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAEB

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