#53CEE8#53CEE8

#53CEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEE8
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -26.25, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 34.87, 221.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0939 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.114 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1980, 51.8035, 84.2089)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEE8 #E86D53

analogous

#53E8B8 #53CEE8 #5384E8

triadic

#53CEE8 #E853CE #CEE853

tetradic

#53CEE8 #B853E8 #E86D53 #84E853

square

#53CEE8 #B853E8 #E86D53 #84E853

split-complementary

#53CEE8 #E85384 #E8B853

monochromatic

#1790AA #1EBEE0 #53CEE8 #89DDEF #BFEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#53CEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#53CEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEE8

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEE8	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)

#BBC8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddef',
    500: '#53cee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cee8;
$custom-light: #93ddef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79279,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEE8

secondary

#AB4934

accent

#300DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEE8

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

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