#53CCE9#53CCE9

#53CCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.114 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCE9
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 233)
HSL	hsl(192, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -24.96, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 34.85, 224.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0915 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.114 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8621, 50.9036, 84.7996)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCE9 #E97053

analogous

#53E9BB #53CCE9 #5381E9

triadic

#53CCE9 #E953CC #CCE953

tetradic

#53CCE9 #BB53E9 #E97053 #81E953

square

#53CCE9 #BB53E9 #E97053 #81E953

split-complementary

#53CCE9 #E95381 #E9BB53

monochromatic

#168FAC #1DBCE2 #53CCE9 #89DCF0 #C0ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#53CCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#53CCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCE9

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCE9	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.114 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf0',
    500: '#53cce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cce9;
$custom-light: #93dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCE9

secondary

#AD4B33

accent

#340CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCE9

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

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