#53D1EB#53D1EB

#53D1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.115 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1EB
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -26.85, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 35.41, 220.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0957 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.115 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3569, 53.4336, 86.7153)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1EB #EB6D53

analogous

#53EBB9 #53D1EB #5385EB

triadic

#53D1EB #EB53D1 #D1EB53

tetradic

#53D1EB #B953EB #EB6D53 #85EB53

square

#53D1EB #B953EB #EB6D53 #85EB53

split-complementary

#53D1EB #EB5385 #EBB953

monochromatic

#1495AF #1CC2E5 #53D1EB #8AE0F1 #C1EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#53D1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#53D1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1EB

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1EB	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.115 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dff1',
    500: '#53d1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1eb;
$custom-light: #94dff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.263,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8009,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1EB

secondary

#B04832

accent

#2E0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1EB

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

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