#53CBF0#53CBF0

#53CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.118 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBF0
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -22.36, -28.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 35.94, 231.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0879 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.118 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6450, 50.8377, 90.0918)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBF0 #F07853

analogous

#53F0C6 #53CBF0 #537CF0

triadic

#53CBF0 #F053CB #CBF053

tetradic

#53CBF0 #C653F0 #F07853 #7CF053

square

#53CBF0 #C653F0 #F07853 #7CF053

split-complementary

#53CBF0 #F0537C #F0C653

monochromatic

#1091B9 #1BBAEB #53CBF0 #8BDCF5 #C4EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#53CBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBF0

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBF0	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)

#B5C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.118 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf5',
    500: '#53cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbf0;
$custom-light: #94dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.14,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBF0

secondary

#B85030

accent

#3905E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBF0

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

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