#53CBEC#53CBEC

#53CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.115 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBEC
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -23.56, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 35.25, 228.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0893 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.115 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0574, 50.6027, 86.9968)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBEC #EC7453

analogous

#53ECC0 #53CBEC #537FEC

triadic

#53CBEC #EC53CB #CBEC53

tetradic

#53CBEC #C053EC #EC7453 #7FEC53

square

#53CBEC #C053EC #EC7453 #7FEC53

split-complementary

#53CBEC #EC537F #ECC053

monochromatic

#148FB1 #1CBAE6 #53CBEC #8ADCF2 #C1ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#53CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#53CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBEC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBEC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.115 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf2',
    500: '#53cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbec;
$custom-light: #93dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78743,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBEC

secondary

#B14D32

accent

#3709DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBEC

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

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