#53CAF2#53CAF2

#53CAF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAF2
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 242)
HSL	hsl(195, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -21.24, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 36.38, 234.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0861 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.119 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7083, 50.4865, 91.5866)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAF2 #F27B53

analogous

#53F2CA #53CAF2 #537AF2

triadic

#53CAF2 #F253CA #CAF253

tetradic

#53CAF2 #CA53F2 #F27B53 #7AF253

square

#53CAF2 #CA53F2 #F27B53 #7AF253

split-complementary

#53CAF2 #F2537A #F2CA53

monochromatic

#0E91BC #1AB8EE #53CAF2 #8CDCF6 #C5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#53CAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAF2

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAF2	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB5F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf6',
    500: '#53caf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caf2;
$custom-light: #94daf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78758,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAF2

secondary

#BB522E

accent

#3B03E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAF2

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

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