#53D1EE#53D1EE

#53D1EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.117 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1EE
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -25.96, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 35.72, 223.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0946 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.117 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7940, 53.6084, 89.0172)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1EE #EE7053

analogous

#53EEBE #53D1EE #5383EE

triadic

#53D1EE #EE53D1 #D1EE53

tetradic

#53D1EE #BE53EE #EE7053 #83EE53

square

#53D1EE #BE53EE #EE7053 #83EE53

split-complementary

#53D1EE #EE5383 #EEBE53

monochromatic

#1296B5 #1BC2E8 #53D1EE #8BE0F4 #C2EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#53D1EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#53D1EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1EE

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1EE	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.117 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dff3',
    500: '#53d1ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1ee;
$custom-light: #94dff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.226,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80207,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1EE

secondary

#B44931

accent

#2F07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1EE

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

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