#53D4EF#53D4EF

#53D4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.117 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#53D4EF
RGBrgb(83, 212, 239)
HSLhsl(190, 83%, 63%)
HSVhsv(190, 65%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.13, -27.15, -23.71)
CIE-LCHlch(79.13, 36.04, 221.13°)
OKLaboklab(80.94% -0.0972 -0.0659)
OKLCHoklch(80.94% 0.117 214.1)
XYZxyz(42.6843, 55.1533, 90.0407)
Luminance0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#53D4EF #EF6E53
analogous
#53EFBC #53D4EF #5386EF
triadic
#53D4EF #EF53D4 #D4EF53
tetradic
#53D4EF #BC53EF #EF6E53 #86EF53
square
#53D4EF #BC53EF #EF6E53 #86EF53
split-complementary
#53D4EF #EF5386 #EFBC53
monochromatic
#119AB7 #1BC6EA #53D4EF #8BE2F4 #C3F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#53D4EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03
#53D4EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4EF
12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##53D4EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##53D4EF1.001.7512.0312.03
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0321.001.001.00
##00000012.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0CDF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AABDEF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DEDC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #53d4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.117 214.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e1f4',
    500: '#53d4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #53d4ef;
$custom-light: #94e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#53d4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80939,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#53D4EF
secondary
#B64730
accent
#2C06DF
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0F1517
muted
#808485

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#53D4EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva