#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
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -27.15, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 36.04, 221.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0972 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.117 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6843, 55.1533, 90.0407)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##53D4EF	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4EF

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

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