#53CEEA#53CEEA

#53CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.114 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEEA
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -25.66, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 35.08, 222.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0931 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.114 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4837, 51.9177, 85.7135)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEEA #EA6F53

analogous

#53EABB #53CEEA #5383EA

triadic

#53CEEA #EA53CE #CEEA53

tetradic

#53CEEA #BB53EA #EA6F53 #83EA53

square

#53CEEA #BB53EA #EA6F53 #83EA53

split-complementary

#53CEEA #EA5383 #EABB53

monochromatic

#1591AD #1CBEE3 #53CEEA #8ADEF1 #C0EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#53CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEEA

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#BBC8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.114 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddf0',
    500: '#53ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ceea;
$custom-light: #93ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 78.238,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79357,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEEA

secondary

#AE4A33

accent

#310BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEEA

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

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