#53A0BB#53A0BB

#53A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.086 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0BB
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -16.00, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 26.55, 232.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0623 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.086 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1043, 30.5662, 51.5810)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0BB #BB6E53

analogous

#53BBA2 #53A0BB #536CBB

triadic

#53A0BB #BB53A0 #A0BB53

tetradic

#53A0BB #A253BB #BB6E53 #6CBB53

square

#53A0BB #A253BB #BB6E53 #6CBB53

split-complementary

#53A0BB #BB536C #BBA253

monochromatic

#2A596A #3B7E96 #53A0BB #7FB8CC #ABD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#53A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#53A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0BB

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0BB	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	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)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.086 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbccf',
    500: '#53a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0bb;
$custom-light: #8cbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66717,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0BB

secondary

#CBAA9E

accent

#7655D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0BB

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

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