#53D5FC#53D5FC

#53D5FC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.124 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5FC
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 252)
HSL	hsl(194, 97%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -23.75, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 37.88, 231.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0933 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.124 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9250, 56.4508, 100.6050)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5FC #FC7A53

analogous

#53FCCE #53D5FC #5380FC

triadic

#53D5FC #FC53D5 #D5FC53

tetradic

#53D5FC #CE53FC #FC7A53 #80FC53

square

#53D5FC #CE53FC #FC7A53 #80FC53

split-complementary

#53D5FC #FC5380 #FCCE53

monochromatic

#04A2D1 #17C6FB #53D5FC #8FE4FD #CBF2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#53D5FC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#53D5FC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5FC

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5FC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5FC	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED0FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5fc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 252);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.124 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2fd',
    500: '#53d5fc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5fc;
$custom-light: #96e2fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5fc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 252
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 96.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81683,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5FC

secondary

#CC4D27

accent

#3500E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5FC

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

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