#53CDF0#53CDF0

#53CDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.118 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDF0
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(193, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -23.37, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 35.90, 229.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0898 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.118 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1204, 51.7884, 90.2502)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDF0 #F07653

analogous

#53F0C4 #53CDF0 #537EF0

triadic

#53CDF0 #F053CD #CDF053

tetradic

#53CDF0 #C453F0 #F07653 #7EF053

square

#53CDF0 #C453F0 #F07653 #7EF053

split-complementary

#53CDF0 #F0537E #F0C453

monochromatic

#1093B9 #1BBDEB #53CDF0 #8BDDF5 #C4EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#53CDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDF0

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDF0	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.118 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf5',
    500: '#53cdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdf0;
$custom-light: #94dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.376,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79364,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDF0

secondary

#B84E30

accent

#3605E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDF0

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

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