#53CFEF#53CFEF

#53CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFEF
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -24.67, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 35.77, 226.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0922 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.117 218)
XYZ	xyz(41.4537, 52.6921, 89.6305)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFEF #EF7353

analogous

#53EFC1 #53CFEF #5381EF

triadic

#53CFEF #EF53CF #CFEF53

tetradic

#53CFEF #C153EF #EF7353 #81EF53

square

#53CFEF #C153EF #EF7353 #81EF53

split-complementary

#53CFEF #EF5381 #EFC153

monochromatic

#1195B7 #1BBFEA #53CFEF #8BDFF4 #C3EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#53CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#53CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFEF

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFEF	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def4',
    500: '#53cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cfef;
$custom-light: #94def4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.308,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79785,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.52697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFEF

secondary

#B64C30

accent

#3306DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFEF

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

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