#53D3EF#53D3EF

#53D3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.117 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3EF
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -26.65, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 35.96, 222.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0962 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.117 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4351, 54.6549, 89.9577)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3EF #EF6F53

analogous

#53EFBD #53D3EF #5385EF

triadic

#53D3EF #EF53D3 #D3EF53

tetradic

#53D3EF #BD53EF #EF6F53 #85EF53

square

#53D3EF #BD53EF #EF6F53 #85EF53

split-complementary

#53D3EF #EF5385 #EFBD53

monochromatic

#1199B7 #1BC5EA #53D3EF #8BE1F4 #C3F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#53D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3EF

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3EF	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.117 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f4',
    500: '#53d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3ef;
$custom-light: #94e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80708,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3EF

secondary

#B64830

accent

#2D06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3EF

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

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