#53CDF2#53CDF2

#53CDF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.119 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDF2
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(194, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -22.76, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 36.26, 231.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0891 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.119 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4191, 51.9079, 91.8236)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDF2 #F27853

analogous

#53F2C7 #53CDF2 #537DF2

triadic

#53CDF2 #F253CD #CDF253

tetradic

#53CDF2 #C753F2 #F27853 #7DF253

square

#53CDF2 #C753F2 #F27853 #7DF253

split-complementary

#53CDF2 #F2537D #F2C753

monochromatic

#0E94BC #1ABCEE #53CDF2 #8CDEF6 #C5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#53CDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDF2

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDF2	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B8F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.119 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf6',
    500: '#53cdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdf2;
$custom-light: #94dcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.962,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79445,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDF2

secondary

#BB4F2E

accent

#3703E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDF2

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

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