#53D5EF#53D5EF

#53D5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.118 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5EF
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -27.64, -23.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 36.13, 220.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0982 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.118 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9350, 55.6548, 90.1243)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5EF #EF6D53

analogous

#53EFBB #53D5EF #5387EF

triadic

#53D5EF #EF53D5 #D5EF53

tetradic

#53D5EF #BB53EF #EF6D53 #87EF53

square

#53D5EF #BB53EF #EF6D53 #87EF53

split-complementary

#53D5EF #EF5387 #EFBB53

monochromatic

#119BB7 #1BC7EA #53D5EF #8BE3F4 #C3F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#53D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5EF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5EF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.118 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e2f4',
    500: '#53d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5ef;
$custom-light: #94e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8117,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5EF

secondary

#B64730

accent

#2A06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5EF

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

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