#53CDEA#53CDEA

#53CDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.114 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDEA
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -25.16, -24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 35.03, 224.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0921 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.114 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2438, 51.4378, 85.6335)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDEA #EA7053

analogous

#53EABB #53CDEA #5382EA

triadic

#53CDEA #EA53CD #CDEA53

tetradic

#53CDEA #BB53EA #EA7053 #82EA53

square

#53CDEA #BB53EA #EA7053 #82EA53

split-complementary

#53CDEA #EA5382 #EABB53

monochromatic

#1590AD #1CBDE3 #53CDEA #8ADDF1 #C0EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#53CDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#53CDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDEA

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDEA	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.114 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dcf0',
    500: '#53cdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdea;
$custom-light: #93dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.523,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79126,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDEA

secondary

#AE4B33

accent

#330BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDEA

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

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