#53D5F1#53D5F1

#53D5F1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.118 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5F1
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 241)
HSL	hsl(191, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -27.05, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 36.32, 221.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0974 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.118 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2321, 55.7736, 91.6890)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5F1 #F16F53

analogous

#53F1BE #53D5F1 #5386F1

triadic

#53D5F1 #F153D5 #D5F153

tetradic

#53D5F1 #BE53F1 #F16F53 #86F153

square

#53D5F1 #BE53F1 #F16F53 #86F153

split-complementary

#53D5F1 #F15386 #F1BE53

monochromatic

#0F9CBA #1AC7EC #53D5F1 #8CE3F6 #C4F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D5F1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#53D5F1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5F1

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5F1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5F1	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5f1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.118 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f5',
    500: '#53d5f1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5f1;
$custom-light: #95e2f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5f1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.633,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81247,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5F1

secondary

#B9482F

accent

#2B04E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5F1

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

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