#53CEF4#53CEF4

#53CEF4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.120 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEF4
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 244)
HSL	hsl(194, 88%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 15.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -22.66, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 36.60, 231.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0894 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.12 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9611, 52.5087, 93.4942)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEF4 #F47953

analogous

#53F4C9 #53CEF4 #537EF4

triadic

#53CEF4 #F453CE #CEF453

tetradic

#53CEF4 #C953F4 #F47953 #7EF453

square

#53CEF4 #C953F4 #F47953 #7EF453

split-complementary

#53CEF4 #F4537E #F4C953

monochromatic

#0C96C0 #19BEF0 #53CEF4 #8DDEF8 #C6EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#53CEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#53CEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEF4

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEF4	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C9F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B8F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.120 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddf7',
    500: '#53cef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cef4;
$custom-light: #94ddf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.161,
    "s": 87.978,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79756,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEF4

secondary

#BE4F2D

accent

#3701E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEF4

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

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