#53CAF1#53CAF1

#53CAF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.119 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAF1
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 241)
HSL	hsl(195, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -21.54, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 36.18, 233.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0865 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.119 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5586, 50.4265, 90.7978)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAF1 #F17A53

analogous

#53F1C9 #53CAF1 #537BF1

triadic

#53CAF1 #F153CA #CAF153

tetradic

#53CAF1 #C953F1 #F17A53 #7BF153

square

#53CAF1 #C953F1 #F17A53 #7BF153

split-complementary

#53CAF1 #F1537B #F1C953

monochromatic

#0F90BA #1AB9EC #53CAF1 #8CDBF6 #C4EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CAF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#53CAF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAF1

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAF1	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.119 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf5',
    500: '#53caf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caf1;
$custom-light: #94daf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.81,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78716,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAF1

secondary

#B9512F

accent

#3B04E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAF1

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

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