#53D0FF#53D0FF

#53D0FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D0FF
RGB	rgb(83, 208, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -20.30, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 38.85, 238.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0873 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.127 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1659, 54.1659, 102.7158)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D0FF #FF8253

analogous

#53FFD8 #53D0FF #537AFF

triadic

#53D0FF #FF53D0 #D0FF53

tetradic

#53D0FF #D853FF #FF8253 #7AFF53

square

#53D0FF #D853FF #FF8253 #7AFF53

split-complementary

#53D0FF #FF537A #FFD853

monochromatic

#009DD8 #16BFFF #53D0FF #90E1FF #CDF1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#53D0FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#53D0FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D0FF

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D0FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D0FF	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBBFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d0ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 208, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96deff',
    500: '#53d0ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d0ff;
$custom-light: #96deff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d0ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.395,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D0FF

secondary

#D15425

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D0FF

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

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