#53CAED#53CAED

#53CAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.116 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAED
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -22.76, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 35.41, 230.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.088 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.116 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9677, 50.1902, 87.6857)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAED #ED7653

analogous

#53EDC3 #53CAED #537DED

triadic

#53CAED #ED53CA #CAED53

tetradic

#53CAED #C353ED #ED7653 #7DED53

square

#53CAED #C353ED #ED7653 #7DED53

split-complementary

#53CAED #ED537D #EDC353

monochromatic

#138EB3 #1CB9E7 #53CAED #8ADBF3 #C2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#53CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAED

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAED	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.116 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93daf3',
    500: '#53caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caed;
$custom-light: #93daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAED

secondary

#B34F31

accent

#3908DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAED

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

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