#53CDF3#53CDF3

#53CDF3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDF3
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 243)
HSL	hsl(194, 87%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -22.46, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 36.44, 231.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0887 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.12 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5697, 51.9682, 92.6167)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDF3 #F37953

analogous

#53F3C9 #53CDF3 #537DF3

triadic

#53CDF3 #F353CD #CDF353

tetradic

#53CDF3 #C953F3 #F37953 #7DF353

square

#53CDF3 #C953F3 #F37953 #7DF353

split-complementary

#53CDF3 #F3537D #F3C953

monochromatic

#0D94BE #1ABCEF #53CDF3 #8CDEF7 #C5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CDF3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#53CDF3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDF3

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDF3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDF3	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C8F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdf3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf7',
    500: '#53cdf3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdf3;
$custom-light: #94dcf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdf3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.25,
    "s": 86.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79486,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDF3

secondary

#BC502E

accent

#3802E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDF3

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

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