#53CCFF#53CCFF

#53CCFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CCFF
RGB	rgb(83, 204, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 20%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -18.25, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 39.36, 242.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0835 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.129 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2029, 52.2400, 102.3948)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CCFF #FF8653

analogous

#53FFDC #53CCFF #5376FF

triadic

#53CCFF #FF53CC #CCFF53

tetradic

#53CCFF #DC53FF #FF8653 #76FF53

square

#53CCFF #DC53FF #FF8653 #76FF53

split-complementary

#53CCFF #FF5376 #FFDC53

monochromatic

#0098D8 #16BAFF #53CCFF #90DEFF #CDF0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#53CCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#53CCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CCFF

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CCFF	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ccff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 204, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbff',
    500: '#53ccff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ccff;
$custom-light: #96dbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ccff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.791,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CCFF

secondary

#D15825

accent

#4400E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CCFF

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

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