#53D2EE#53D2EE

#53D2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.117 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2EE
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -26.46, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 35.79, 222.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0956 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.117 215)
XYZ	xyz(42.0401, 54.1006, 89.0992)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2EE #EE6F53

analogous

#53EEBD #53D2EE #5384EE

triadic

#53D2EE #EE53D2 #D2EE53

tetradic

#53D2EE #BD53EE #EE6F53 #84EE53

square

#53D2EE #BD53EE #EE6F53 #84EE53

split-complementary

#53D2EE #EE5384 #EEBD53

monochromatic

#1297B5 #1BC3E8 #53D2EE #8BE1F4 #C2EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#53D2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#53D2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2EE

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2EE	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.117 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f3',
    500: '#53d2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2ee;
$custom-light: #94e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.839,
    "s": 82.011,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80438,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.54105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2EE

secondary

#B44931

accent

#2E07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2EE

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

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