#53CCEC#53CCEC

#53CCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.115 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCEC
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -24.07, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 35.26, 226.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0903 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.115 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2943, 51.0765, 87.0758)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCEC #EC7353

analogous

#53ECC0 #53CCEC #537FEC

triadic

#53CCEC #EC53CC #CCEC53

tetradic

#53CCEC #C053EC #EC7353 #7FEC53

square

#53CCEC #C053EC #EC7353 #7FEC53

split-complementary

#53CCEC #EC537F #ECC053

monochromatic

#1490B1 #1CBCE6 #53CCEC #8ADCF2 #C1EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#53CCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCEC

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCEC	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ccec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.115 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dbf2',
    500: '#53ccec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ccec;
$custom-light: #93dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ccec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.549,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78974,
    "c": 0.11539,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCEC

secondary

#B14D32

accent

#3509DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCEC

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

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