#53D5F0#53D5F0

#53D5F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.118 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5F0
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 240)
HSL	hsl(190, 84%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 11.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -27.34, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 36.22, 220.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0978 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.118 214)
XYZ	xyz(43.0832, 55.7140, 90.9045)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5F0 #F06E53

analogous

#53F0BC #53D5F0 #5387F0

triadic

#53D5F0 #F053D5 #D5F053

tetradic

#53D5F0 #BC53F0 #F06E53 #87F053

square

#53D5F0 #BC53F0 #F06E53 #87F053

split-complementary

#53D5F0 #F05387 #F0BC53

monochromatic

#109CB9 #1BC7EB #53D5F0 #8BE3F5 #C4F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D5F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#53D5F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5F0

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5F0	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.118 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f5',
    500: '#53d5f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5f0;
$custom-light: #95e2f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.318,
    "s": 83.957,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81208,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.55719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5F0

secondary

#B84730

accent

#2B05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5F0

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

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