#53CBEA#53CBEA

#53CBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.114 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBEA
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -24.16, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 34.95, 226.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0901 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.114 218)
XYZ	xyz(39.7684, 50.4871, 85.4751)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBEA #EA7253

analogous

#53EABE #53CBEA #5380EA

triadic

#53CBEA #EA53CB #CBEA53

tetradic

#53CBEA #BE53EA #EA7253 #80EA53

square

#53CBEA #BE53EA #EA7253 #80EA53

split-complementary

#53CBEA #EA5380 #EABE53

monochromatic

#158EAD #1CBBE3 #53CBEA #8ADBF1 #C0ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#53CBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBEA

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBEA	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)

#B7C5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.114 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf0',
    500: '#53cbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbea;
$custom-light: #93dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.318,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78663,
    "c": 0.11428,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.50491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBEA

secondary

#AE4C33

accent

#360BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBEA

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

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