#53CAF3#53CAF3

#53CAF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.120 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAF3
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 243)
HSL	hsl(195, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 16.9%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -20.93, -30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 36.60, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0858 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.12 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8589, 50.5467, 92.3798)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAF3 #F37C53

analogous

#53F3CC #53CAF3 #537AF3

triadic

#53CAF3 #F353CA #CAF353

tetradic

#53CAF3 #CC53F3 #F37C53 #7AF353

square

#53CAF3 #CC53F3 #F37C53 #7AF353

split-complementary

#53CAF3 #F3537A #F3CC53

monochromatic

#0D91BE #1AB8EF #53CAF3 #8CDCF7 #C5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CAF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#53CAF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAF3

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAF3	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.120 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf7',
    500: '#53caf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caf3;
$custom-light: #94daf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.375,
    "s": 86.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78799,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAF3

secondary

#BC522E

accent

#3C02E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAF3

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

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