#53CAEC#53CAEC

#53CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAEC
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -23.06, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 35.24, 229.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0883 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.115 220)
XYZ	xyz(39.8220, 50.1319, 86.9184)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAEC #EC7553

analogous

#53ECC1 #53CAEC #537EEC

triadic

#53CAEC #EC53CA #CAEC53

tetradic

#53CAEC #C153EC #EC7553 #7EEC53

square

#53CAEC #C153EC #EC7553 #7EEC53

split-complementary

#53CAEC #EC537E #ECC153

monochromatic

#148EB1 #1CB9E6 #53CAEC #8ADBF2 #C1ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#53CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAEC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAEC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daf2',
    500: '#53caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caec;
$custom-light: #93daf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78512,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.50136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAEC

secondary

#B14E32

accent

#3809DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAEC

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

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