#53D5F4#53D5F4

#53D5F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.120 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5F4
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 244)
HSL	hsl(192, 88%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 12.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -26.16, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 36.65, 224.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0963 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.12 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6839, 55.9543, 94.0684)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5F4 #F47253

analogous

#53F4C3 #53D5F4 #5385F4

triadic

#53D5F4 #F453D5 #D5F453

tetradic

#53D5F4 #C353F4 #F47253 #85F453

square

#53D5F4 #C353F4 #F47253 #85F453

split-complementary

#53D5F4 #F45385 #F4C353

monochromatic

#0C9EC0 #19C7F0 #53D5F4 #8DE3F8 #C6F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#53D5F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#53D5F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5F4

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5F4	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CFF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BEF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.120 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2f7',
    500: '#53d5f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5f4;
$custom-light: #95e2f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.553,
    "s": 87.978,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5F4

secondary

#BE492D

accent

#2D01E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5F4

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

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