#53D2ED#53D2ED

#53D2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.116 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2ED
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -26.75, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 35.69, 221.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.096 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.116 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8936, 54.0420, 88.3276)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2ED #ED6E53

analogous

#53EDBB #53D2ED #5385ED

triadic

#53D2ED #ED53D2 #D2ED53

tetradic

#53D2ED #BB53ED #ED6E53 #85ED53

square

#53D2ED #BB53ED #ED6E53 #85ED53

split-complementary

#53D2ED #ED5385 #EDBB53

monochromatic

#1397B3 #1CC4E7 #53D2ED #8AE0F3 #C2EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#53D2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2ED

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2ED	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.116 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f2',
    500: '#53d2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2ed;
$custom-light: #94e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.519,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80399,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2ED

secondary

#B34831

accent

#2D08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2ED

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

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