#53D2FD#53D2FD

#53D2FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.125 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2FD
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -21.94, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 38.22, 234.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.09 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.125 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3363, 55.0191, 101.1926)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2FD #FD7E53

analogous

#53FDD3 #53D2FD #537DFD

triadic

#53D2FD #FD53D2 #D2FD53

tetradic

#53D2FD #D353FD #FD7E53 #7DFD53

square

#53D2FD #D353FD #FD7E53 #7DFD53

split-complementary

#53D2FD #FD537D #FDD353

monochromatic

#029ED3 #17C2FC #53D2FD #8FE2FE #CCF2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D2FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#53D2FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2FD

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2FD	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.125 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e0fe',
    500: '#53d2fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2fd;
$custom-light: #96e0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.176,
    "s": 97.701,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81041,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2FD

secondary

#CE5127

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2FD

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

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