#53DFFF#53DFFF

#53DFFF is a very light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.126 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53DFFF
RGB	rgb(83, 223, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -27.79, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 38.46, 223.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.1019 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.126 216)
XYZ	xyz(47.9974, 61.8290, 103.9930)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#53DFFF #FF7353

analogous

#53FFC9 #53DFFF #5389FF

triadic

#53DFFF #FF53DF #DFFF53

tetradic

#53DFFF #C953FF #FF7353 #89FF53

square

#53DFFF #C953FF #FF7353 #89FF53

split-complementary

#53DFFF #FF5389 #FFC953

monochromatic

#00AFD8 #16D4FF #53DFFF #90EAFF #CDF6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#53DFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#53DFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53DFFF

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53DFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53DFFF	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C6FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53dfff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 223, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.126 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e9ff',
    500: '#53dfff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53dfff;
$custom-light: #97e9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53dfff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84088,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.61834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53DFFF

secondary

#D14525

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FDFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #53DFFF

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

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