#53D2FF#53D2FF

#53D2FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.127 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D2FF
RGB	rgb(83, 210, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 17.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -21.32, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 38.66, 236.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0893 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.127 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6566, 55.1472, 102.8793)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D2FF #FF8053

analogous

#53FFD6 #53D2FF #537CFF

triadic

#53D2FF #FF53D2 #D2FF53

tetradic

#53D2FF #D653FF #FF8053 #7CFF53

square

#53D2FF #D653FF #FF8053 #7CFF53

split-complementary

#53D2FF #FF537C #FFD653

monochromatic

#009FD8 #16C2FF #53D2FF #90E2FF #CDF2FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#53D2FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#53D2FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D2FF

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D2FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D2FF	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1BCFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d2ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 210, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.127 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e0ff',
    500: '#53d2ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d2ff;
$custom-light: #96e0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d2ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.698,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81124,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D2FF

secondary

#D15225

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D2FF

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

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