#53CBF8#53CBF8

#53CBF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBF8
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 18.1%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -19.91, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 37.67, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0849 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.123 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8597, 51.3236, 96.4891)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBF8 #F88053

analogous

#53F8D3 #53CBF8 #5378F8

triadic

#53CBF8 #F853CB #CBF853

tetradic

#53CBF8 #D353F8 #F88053 #78F853

square

#53CBF8 #D353F8 #F88053 #78F853

split-complementary

#53CBF8 #F85378 #F8D353

monochromatic

#0894C8 #18B9F6 #53CBF8 #8EDDFA #C9EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CBF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#53CBF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBF8

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBF8	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C7FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbfa',
    500: '#53cbf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbf8;
$custom-light: #95dbfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 92.179,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79237,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBF8

secondary

#C5552A

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBF8

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

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