#53CBF3#53CBF3

#53CBF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBF3
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 243)
HSL	hsl(195, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -21.44, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 36.54, 234.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0867 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.12 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0943, 51.0175, 92.4583)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBF3 #F37B53

analogous

#53F3CB #53CBF3 #537BF3

triadic

#53CBF3 #F353CB #CBF353

tetradic

#53CBF3 #CB53F3 #F37B53 #7BF353

square

#53CBF3 #CB53F3 #F37B53 #7BF353

split-complementary

#53CBF3 #F3537B #F3CB53

monochromatic

#0D92BE #1ABAEF #53CBF3 #8CDCF7 #C5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CBF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#53CBF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBF3

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBF3	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf7',
    500: '#53cbf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbf3;
$custom-light: #94dbf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 86.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBF3

secondary

#BC512E

accent

#3A02E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBF3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →