#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
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -23.36, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 35.08, 228.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0887 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.115 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6771, 50.0739, 86.1553)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##53CAEB	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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