#53CAF8#53CAF8

#53CAF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.124 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CAF8
RGB	rgb(83, 202, 248)
HSL	hsl(197, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -19.39, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 37.77, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.084 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.124 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6243, 50.8528, 96.4106)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CAF8 #F88153

analogous

#53F8D3 #53CAF8 #5378F8

triadic

#53CAF8 #F853CA #CAF853

tetradic

#53CAF8 #D353F8 #F88153 #78F853

square

#53CAF8 #D353F8 #F88153 #78F853

split-complementary

#53CAF8 #F85378 #F8D353

monochromatic

#0893C8 #18B8F6 #53CAF8 #8EDCFA #C9EEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#53CAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CAF8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CAF8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53caf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 202, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.124 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dafa',
    500: '#53caf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53caf8;
$custom-light: #95dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53caf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.727,
    "s": 92.179,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7901,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CAF8

secondary

#C5552A

accent

#4000E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CAF8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →