#53A0BF#53A0BF

#53A0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.089 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A0BF
RGB	rgb(83, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -14.80, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 27.52, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0608 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.089 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5384, 30.7398, 53.8676)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A0BF #BF7253

analogous

#53BFA8 #53A0BF #536ABF

triadic

#53A0BF #BF53A0 #A0BF53

tetradic

#53A0BF #A853BF #BF7253 #6ABF53

square

#53A0BF #A853BF #BF7253 #6ABF53

split-complementary

#53A0BF #BF536A #BFA853

monochromatic

#295B6E #3A7F9B #53A0BF #80B9D0 #ACD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#53A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#53A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A0BF

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A0BF	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.089 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbcd2',
    500: '#53a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a0bf;
$custom-light: #8cbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.222,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A0BF

secondary

#CEADA0

accent

#7852D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A0BF

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

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