#53D4FA#53D4FA

#53D4FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D4FA
RGB	rgb(83, 212, 250)
HSL	hsl(194, 94%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -23.86, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 37.54, 230.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.093 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.123 221)
XYZ	xyz(44.3590, 55.8232, 98.8611)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#53D4FA #FA7953

analogous

#53FACD #53D4FA #5380FA

triadic

#53D4FA #FA53D4 #D4FA53

tetradic

#53D4FA #CD53FA #FA7953 #80FA53

square

#53D4FA #CD53FA #FA7953 #80FA53

split-complementary

#53D4FA #FA5380 #FACD53

monochromatic

#069FCD #18C5F8 #53D4FA #8EE3FC #CAF2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#53D4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D4FA

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D4FA	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 212, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1fc',
    500: '#53d4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d4fa;
$custom-light: #96e1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.653,
    "s": 94.35,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81374,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.55828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D4FA

secondary

#C84D29

accent

#3400E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D4FA

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

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