#53D1FF#53D1FF

#53D1FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D1FF
RGB	rgb(83, 209, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 18%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -20.81, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 38.75, 237.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0883 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.127 226)
XYZ	xyz(44.4105, 54.6550, 102.7973)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D1FF #FF8153

analogous

#53FFD7 #53D1FF #537BFF

triadic

#53D1FF #FF53D1 #D1FF53

tetradic

#53D1FF #D753FF #FF8153 #7BFF53

square

#53D1FF #D753FF #FF8153 #7BFF53

split-complementary

#53D1FF #FF537B #FFD753

monochromatic

#009ED8 #16C1FF #53D1FF #90E1FF #CDF2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D1FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#53D1FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D1FF

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D1FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D1FF	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d1ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 209, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dfff',
    500: '#53d1ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d1ff;
$custom-light: #96dfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d1ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80897,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.5466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D1FF

secondary

#D15325

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D1FF

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

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