#53CBFF#53CBFF

#53CBFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.129 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CBFF
RGB	rgb(83, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -17.73, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 39.51, 243.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0825 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.129 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9660, 51.7661, 102.3158)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CBFF #FF8753

analogous

#53FFDD #53CBFF #5375FF

triadic

#53CBFF #FF53CB #CBFF53

tetradic

#53CBFF #DD53FF #FF8753 #75FF53

square

#53CBFF #DD53FF #FF8753 #75FF53

split-complementary

#53CBFF #FF5375 #FFDD53

monochromatic

#0096D8 #16B8FF #53CBFF #90DEFF #CDF0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#53CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CBFF

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CBFF	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.129 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daff',
    500: '#53cbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cbff;
$custom-light: #96daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79538,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CBFF

secondary

#D15925

accent

#4500E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CBFF

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

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