#53D8F4#53D8F4

#53D8F4 is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.120 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8F4
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 244)
HSL	hsl(190, 88%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 11.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -27.63, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 36.84, 221.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0992 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.12 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4455, 57.4775, 94.3223)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8F4 #F46F53

analogous

#53F4C0 #53D8F4 #5388F4

triadic

#53D8F4 #F453D8 #D8F453

tetradic

#53D8F4 #C053F4 #F46F53 #88F453

square

#53D8F4 #C053F4 #F46F53 #88F453

split-complementary

#53D8F4 #F45388 #F4C053

monochromatic

#0CA1C0 #19CBF0 #53D8F4 #8DE5F8 #C6F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#53D8F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#53D8F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8F4

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8F4	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4D1F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADC0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.120 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e4f7',
    500: '#53d8f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8f4;
$custom-light: #95e4f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 87.978,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82055,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8F4

secondary

#BE462D

accent

#2901E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8F4

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

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