#53CFEB#53CFEB

#53CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.115 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFEB
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -25.86, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 35.26, 222.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0937 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.115 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8693, 52.4584, 86.5527)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFEB #EB6F53

analogous

#53EBBB #53CFEB #5383EB

triadic

#53CFEB #EB53CF #CFEB53

tetradic

#53CFEB #BB53EB #EB6F53 #83EB53

square

#53CFEB #BB53EB #EB6F53 #83EB53

split-complementary

#53CFEB #EB5383 #EBBB53

monochromatic

#1493AF #1CC0E5 #53CFEB #8ADEF1 #C1EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#53CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#53CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFEB

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFEB	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.115 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def1',
    500: '#53cfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfeb;
$custom-light: #94def1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79627,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFEB

secondary

#B04A32

accent

#310ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFEB

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

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