#53CAF0#53CAF0

#53CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAF0
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(195, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -21.85, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 35.97, 232.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0869 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.118 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4096, 50.3670, 90.0133)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAF0 #F07953

analogous

#53F0C7 #53CAF0 #537BF0

triadic

#53CAF0 #F053CA #CAF053

tetradic

#53CAF0 #C753F0 #F07953 #7BF053

square

#53CAF0 #C753F0 #F07953 #7BF053

split-complementary

#53CAF0 #F0537B #F0C753

monochromatic

#1090B9 #1BB9EB #53CAF0 #8BDBF5 #C4EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#53CAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAF0

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAF0	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf5',
    500: '#53caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caf0;
$custom-light: #94daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.522,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAF0

secondary

#B85130

accent

#3A05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAF0

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

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