#53D6FF#53D6FF

#53D6FF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.126 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D6FF
RGB	rgb(83, 214, 255)
HSL	hsl(194, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 16.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -23.34, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 38.40, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0932 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.126 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6565, 57.1471, 103.2126)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D6FF #FF7C53

analogous

#53FFD2 #53D6FF #5380FF

triadic

#53D6FF #FF53D6 #D6FF53

tetradic

#53D6FF #D253FF #FF7C53 #80FF53

square

#53D6FF #D253FF #FF7C53 #80FF53

split-complementary

#53D6FF #FF5380 #FFD253

monochromatic

#00A4D8 #16C7FF #53D6FF #90E5FF #CDF3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#53D6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#53D6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D6FF

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D6FF	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 214, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.126 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2ff',
    500: '#53d6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d6ff;
$custom-light: #96e2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.302,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D6FF

secondary

#D14E25

accent

#3700E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D6FF

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

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