#53CBE4#53CBE4

#53CBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.111 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBE4
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 11%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -25.95, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 34.23, 220.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0924 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.111 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9210, 50.1481, 81.0121)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBE4 #E46C53

analogous

#53E4B4 #53CBE4 #5382E4

triadic

#53CBE4 #E453CB #CBE453

tetradic

#53CBE4 #B453E4 #E46C53 #82E453

square

#53CBE4 #B453E4 #E46C53 #82E453

split-complementary

#53CBE4 #E45382 #E4B453

monochromatic

#1A8BA3 #22B9D8 #53CBE4 #88DBEC #BDEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#53CBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#53CBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBE4

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBE4	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.111 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbec',
    500: '#53cbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbe4;
$custom-light: #93dbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78428,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBE4

secondary

#A54936

accent

#3211D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBE4

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

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