#53CEEC#53CEEC

#53CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.115 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEEC
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -25.07, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 35.33, 224.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0924 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.115 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7727, 52.0333, 87.2353)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEEC #EC7153

analogous

#53ECBE #53CEEC #5381EC

triadic

#53CEEC #EC53CE #CEEC53

tetradic

#53CEEC #BE53EC #EC7153 #81EC53

square

#53CEEC #BE53EC #EC7153 #81EC53

split-complementary

#53CEEC #EC5381 #ECBE53

monochromatic

#1492B1 #1CBEE6 #53CEEC #8ADEF2 #C1EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#53CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEEC

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEEC	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.115 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf2',
    500: '#53ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ceec;
$custom-light: #94ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEEC

secondary

#B14B32

accent

#3309DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEEC

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

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