#53CCED#53CCED

#53CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.116 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCED
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.76, -23.77, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.76, 35.41, 227.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.09 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.116 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4400, 51.1348, 87.8431)
Luminance	0.5114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCED #ED7453

analogous

#53EDC1 #53CCED #537FED

triadic

#53CCED #ED53CC #CCED53

tetradic

#53CCED #C153ED #ED7453 #7FED53

square

#53CCED #C153ED #ED7453 #7FED53

split-complementary

#53CCED #ED537F #EDC153

monochromatic

#1391B3 #1CBCE7 #53CCED #8ADCF3 #C2EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#53CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#53CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCED

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCED	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.116 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf3',
    500: '#53cced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cced;
$custom-light: #94dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79014,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCED

secondary

#B34D31

accent

#3608DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCED

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

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