#53CCE8#53CCE8

#53CCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.113 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCE8
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -25.26, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 34.73, 223.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0919 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.113 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7196, 50.8467, 84.0494)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCE8 #E86F53

analogous

#53E8BA #53CCE8 #5382E8

triadic

#53CCE8 #E853CC #CCE853

tetradic

#53CCE8 #BA53E8 #E86F53 #82E853

square

#53CCE8 #BA53E8 #E86F53 #82E853

split-complementary

#53CCE8 #E85382 #E8BA53

monochromatic

#178EAA #1EBBE0 #53CCE8 #89DCEF #BFECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#53CCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCE8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCE8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.113 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbef',
    500: '#53cce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cce8;
$custom-light: #93dbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.275,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78816,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCE8

secondary

#AB4A34

accent

#330DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCE8

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

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