#53D2EC#53D2EC

#53D2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.116 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2EC
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 11%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -27.05, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 35.59, 220.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0964 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.116 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7479, 53.9838, 87.5603)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2EC #EC6D53

analogous

#53ECB9 #53D2EC #5386EC

triadic

#53D2EC #EC53D2 #D2EC53

tetradic

#53D2EC #B953EC #EC6D53 #86EC53

square

#53D2EC #B953EC #EC6D53 #86EC53

split-complementary

#53D2EC #EC5386 #ECB953

monochromatic

#1496B1 #1CC4E6 #53D2EC #8AE0F2 #C1EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#53D2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2EC

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2EC	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.116 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f2',
    500: '#53d2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2ec;
$custom-light: #94e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8036,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2EC

secondary

#B14832

accent

#2D09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2EC

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

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