#53CCE6#53CCE6

#53CCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.112 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCE6
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -25.85, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 34.51, 221.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0926 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.112 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4372, 50.7337, 82.5617)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCE6 #E66D53

analogous

#53E6B7 #53CCE6 #5383E6

triadic

#53CCE6 #E653CC #CCE653

tetradic

#53CCE6 #B753E6 #E66D53 #83E653

square

#53CCE6 #B753E6 #E66D53 #83E653

split-complementary

#53CCE6 #E65383 #E6B753

monochromatic

#188DA6 #20BBDC #53CCE6 #88DCEE #BEECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#53CCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCE6

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCE6	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.112 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbee',
    500: '#53cce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cce6;
$custom-light: #93dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.612,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78738,
    "c": 0.11235,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCE6

secondary

#A84935

accent

#320FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCE6

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

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