#53D8FF#53D8FF

#53D8FF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.126 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53D8FF
RGB	rgb(83, 216, 255)
HSL	hsl(194, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -24.34, -29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 38.34, 230.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0951 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.126 221)
XYZ	xyz(46.1657, 58.1656, 103.3824)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53D8FF #FF7A53

analogous

#53FFD0 #53D8FF #5382FF

triadic

#53D8FF #FF53D8 #D8FF53

tetradic

#53D8FF #D053FF #FF7A53 #82FF53

square

#53D8FF #D053FF #FF7A53 #82FF53

split-complementary

#53D8FF #FF5382 #FFD053

monochromatic

#00A7D8 #16CAFF #53D8FF #90E6FF #CDF4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#53D8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#53D8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53D8FF

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53D8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53D8FF	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1D3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C1FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53d8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 216, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.126 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4ff',
    500: '#53d8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53d8ff;
$custom-light: #96e4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53d8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.605,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.58171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53D8FF

secondary

#D14C25

accent

#3400E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53D8FF

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

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