#53CAEE#53CAEE

#53CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.117 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAEE
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -22.46, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 35.59, 230.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0876 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.117 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1142, 50.2488, 88.4572)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAEE #EE7753

analogous

#53EEC4 #53CAEE #537DEE

triadic

#53CAEE #EE53CA #CAEE53

tetradic

#53CAEE #C453EE #EE7753 #7DEE53

square

#53CAEE #C453EE #EE7753 #7DEE53

split-complementary

#53CAEE #EE537D #EEC453

monochromatic

#128FB5 #1BB9E8 #53CAEE #8BDBF4 #C2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#53CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAEE

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAEE	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.117 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf3',
    500: '#53caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caee;
$custom-light: #94daf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAEE

secondary

#B44F31

accent

#3907DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAEE

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

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