#53CEED#53CEED

#53CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.116 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEED
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -24.77, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 35.46, 225.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.092 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.116 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9184, 52.0916, 88.0026)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEED #ED7253

analogous

#53EDBF #53CEED #5381ED

triadic

#53CEED #ED53CE #CEED53

tetradic

#53CEED #BF53ED #ED7253 #81ED53

square

#53CEED #BF53ED #ED7253 #81ED53

split-complementary

#53CEED #ED5381 #EDBF53

monochromatic

#1393B3 #1CBEE7 #53CEED #8ADEF3 #C2EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#53CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEED

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEED	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.116 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf3',
    500: '#53ceed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ceed;
$custom-light: #94ddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.078,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79475,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEED

secondary

#B34B31

accent

#3308DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEED

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

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