#53CAF5#53CAF5

#53CAF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAF5
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -20.32, -30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 37.05, 236.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.085 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.121 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1626, 50.6682, 93.9791)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAF5 #F57E53

analogous

#53F5CF #53CAF5 #5379F5

triadic

#53CAF5 #F553CA #CAF553

tetradic

#53CAF5 #CF53F5 #F57E53 #79F553

square

#53CAF5 #CF53F5 #F57E53 #79F553

split-complementary

#53CAF5 #F55379 #F5CF53

monochromatic

#0B92C2 #19B8F2 #53CAF5 #8DDCF8 #C7EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#53CAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAF5

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAF5	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daf8',
    500: '#53caf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caf5;
$custom-light: #94daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.926,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78883,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAF5

secondary

#C0542D

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAF5

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

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