#53CEFF#53CEFF

#53CEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CEFF
RGB	rgb(83, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -19.28, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 39.08, 240.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0854 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.128 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6813, 53.1968, 102.5543)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CEFF #FF8453

analogous

#53FFDA #53CEFF #5378FF

triadic

#53CEFF #FF53CE #CEFF53

tetradic

#53CEFF #DA53FF #FF8453 #78FF53

square

#53CEFF #DA53FF #FF8453 #78FF53

split-complementary

#53CEFF #FF5378 #FFDA53

monochromatic

#009AD8 #16BDFF #53CEFF #90DFFF #CDF1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#53CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CEFF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CEFF	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddff',
    500: '#53ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53ceff;
$custom-light: #96ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.093,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80217,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CEFF

secondary

#D15625

accent

#4100E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CEFF

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

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