#53CEEF#53CEEF

#53CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.117 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEEF
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -24.17, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 35.75, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0912 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.117 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2122, 52.2091, 89.5500)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEEF #EF7453

analogous

#53EFC2 #53CEEF #5380EF

triadic

#53CEEF #EF53CE #CEEF53

tetradic

#53CEEF #C253EF #EF7453 #80EF53

square

#53CEEF #C253EF #EF7453 #80EF53

split-complementary

#53CEEF #EF5380 #EFC253

monochromatic

#1194B7 #1BBEEA #53CEEF #8BDEF4 #C3EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#53CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#53CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEEF

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEEF	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.117 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf4',
    500: '#53ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ceef;
$custom-light: #94ddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79554,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEEF

secondary

#B64D30

accent

#3406DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEEF

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

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