#53D5FF#53D5FF

#53D5FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.126 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D5FF
RGB	rgb(83, 213, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -22.84, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 38.45, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0922 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.126 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4042, 56.6424, 103.1285)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D5FF #FF7D53

analogous

#53FFD3 #53D5FF #537FFF

triadic

#53D5FF #FF53D5 #D5FF53

tetradic

#53D5FF #D353FF #FF7D53 #7FFF53

square

#53D5FF #D353FF #FF7D53 #7FFF53

split-complementary

#53D5FF #FF537F #FFD353

monochromatic

#00A3D8 #16C6FF #53D5FF #90E4FF #CDF3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#53D5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#53D5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D5FF

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D5FF	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDD0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 213, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.126 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2ff',
    500: '#53d5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d5ff;
$custom-light: #96e2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.651,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81806,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D5FF

secondary

#D14F25

accent

#3800E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D5FF

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

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