#53A0BA#53A0BA

#53A0BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.085 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0BA
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -16.30, -20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 26.33, 231.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0627 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.085 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9976, 30.5235, 51.0191)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0BA #BA6D53

analogous

#53BAA1 #53A0BA #536CBA

triadic

#53A0BA #BA53A0 #A0BA53

tetradic

#53A0BA #A153BA #BA6D53 #6CBA53

square

#53A0BA #A153BA #BA6D53 #6CBA53

split-complementary

#53A0BA #BA536C #BAA153

monochromatic

#2A5969 #3B7E94 #53A0BA #7FB8CC #AAD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#53A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#53A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0BA

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0BA	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.085 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcce',
    500: '#53a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0ba;
$custom-light: #8bbcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.146,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66676,
    "c": 0.08504,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0BA

secondary

#CBA99E

accent

#7555D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0BA

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

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