#53CFFD#53CFFD

#53CFFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.126 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53CFFD
RGB	rgb(83, 207, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -20.41, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 38.47, 237.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0871 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.126 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6026, 53.5517, 100.9480)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53CFFD #FD8153

analogous

#53FDD6 #53CFFD #537AFD

triadic

#53CFFD #FD53CF #CFFD53

tetradic

#53CFFD #D653FD #FD8153 #7AFD53

square

#53CFFD #D653FD #FD8153 #7AFD53

split-complementary

#53CFFD #FD537A #FDD653

monochromatic

#029BD3 #17BEFC #53CFFD #8FE0FE #CCF1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53CFFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#53CFFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53CFFD

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53CFFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53CFFD	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53cffd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 207, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.126 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddfe',
    500: '#53cffd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53cffd;
$custom-light: #96ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53cffd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 97.701,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80358,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53CFFD

secondary

#CE5427

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53CFFD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →