#53CBF5#53CBF5

#53CBF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.121 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBF5
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -20.83, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 36.97, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.086 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.121 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3980, 51.1389, 94.0575)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBF5 #F57D53

analogous

#53F5CE #53CBF5 #537AF5

triadic

#53CBF5 #F553CB #CBF553

tetradic

#53CBF5 #CE53F5 #F57D53 #7AF553

square

#53CBF5 #CE53F5 #F57D53 #7AF553

split-complementary

#53CBF5 #F5537A #F5CE53

monochromatic

#0B93C2 #19BAF2 #53CBF5 #8DDCF8 #C7EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#53CBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBF5

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBF5	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.121 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf8',
    500: '#53cbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbf5;
$custom-light: #94dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79111,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBF5

secondary

#C0532D

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBF5

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

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