#53D5F2#53D5F2

#53D5F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5F2
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 242)
HSL	hsl(191, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 66%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 12%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -26.75, -24.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 36.42, 222.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.097 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.119 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3819, 55.8335, 92.4778)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5F2 #F27053

analogous

#53F2BF #53D5F2 #5385F2

triadic

#53D5F2 #F253D5 #D5F253

tetradic

#53D5F2 #BF53F2 #F27053 #85F253

square

#53D5F2 #BF53F2 #F27053 #85F253

split-complementary

#53D5F2 #F25385 #F2BF53

monochromatic

#0E9DBC #1AC7EE #53D5F2 #8CE3F6 #C5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#53D5F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#53D5F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5F2

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5F2	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)

#C1CFF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f6',
    500: '#53d5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5f2;
$custom-light: #95e2f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.943,
    "s": 85.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81286,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5F2

secondary

#BB482E

accent

#2C03E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5F2

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

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