#53CDFF#53CDFF

#53CDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CDFF
RGB	rgb(83, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -18.77, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 39.21, 241.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0844 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.128 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4414, 52.7169, 102.4743)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CDFF #FF8553

analogous

#53FFDB #53CDFF #5377FF

triadic

#53CDFF #FF53CD #CDFF53

tetradic

#53CDFF #DB53FF #FF8553 #77FF53

square

#53CDFF #DB53FF #FF8553 #77FF53

split-complementary

#53CDFF #FF5377 #FFDB53

monochromatic

#0099D8 #16BBFF #53CDFF #90DFFF #CDF1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#53CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#53CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CDFF

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CDFF	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB8FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcff',
    500: '#53cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cdff;
$custom-light: #96dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.442,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CDFF

secondary

#D15725

accent

#4300E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CDFF

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

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