#53D3ED#53D3ED

#53D3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.116 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3ED
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 11%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -27.24, -23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 35.77, 220.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.097 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.116 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1412, 54.5374, 88.4102)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3ED #ED6D53

analogous

#53EDBA #53D3ED #5386ED

triadic

#53D3ED #ED53D3 #D3ED53

tetradic

#53D3ED #BA53ED #ED6D53 #86ED53

square

#53D3ED #BA53ED #ED6D53 #86ED53

split-complementary

#53D3ED #ED5386 #EDBA53

monochromatic

#1398B3 #1CC5E7 #53D3ED #8AE1F3 #C2EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#53D3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3ED

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3ED	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.116 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f2',
    500: '#53d3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3ed;
$custom-light: #94e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8063,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3ED

secondary

#B34731

accent

#2C08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3ED

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

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