#53D0ED#53D0ED

#53D0ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0ED
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 12.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -25.76, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 35.55, 223.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.094 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.116 216)
XYZ	xyz(41.4029, 53.0607, 88.1641)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0ED #ED7053

analogous

#53EDBD #53D0ED #5383ED

triadic

#53D0ED #ED53D0 #D0ED53

tetradic

#53D0ED #BD53ED #ED7053 #83ED53

square

#53D0ED #BD53ED #ED7053 #83ED53

split-complementary

#53D0ED #ED5383 #EDBD53

monochromatic

#1395B3 #1CC1E7 #53D0ED #8ADFF3 #C2EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#53D0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#53D0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0ED

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0ED	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94def2',
    500: '#53d0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0ed;
$custom-light: #94def2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.299,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79937,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.53065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0ED

secondary

#B34A31

accent

#3008DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0ED

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

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