#53D3F0#53D3F0

#53D3F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.118 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D3F0
RGB	rgb(83, 211, 240)
HSL	hsl(191, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -26.36, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 36.07, 223.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0958 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.118 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5832, 54.7141, 90.7378)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D3F0 #F07053

analogous

#53F0BE #53D3F0 #5384F0

triadic

#53D3F0 #F053D3 #D3F053

tetradic

#53D3F0 #BE53F0 #F07053 #84F053

square

#53D3F0 #BE53F0 #F07053 #84F053

split-complementary

#53D3F0 #F05384 #F0BE53

monochromatic

#1099B9 #1BC5EB #53D3F0 #8BE1F5 #C4F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#53D3F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#53D3F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D3F0

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D3F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D3F0	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d3f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 211, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.118 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e0f5',
    500: '#53d3f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d3f0;
$custom-light: #94e0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d3f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.083,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80747,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D3F0

secondary

#B84930

accent

#2E05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D3F0

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

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