#53A1BF#53A1BF

#53A1BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.089 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A1BF
RGB	rgb(83, 161, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 15.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -15.34, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 27.44, 236.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0619 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.089 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7125, 31.0880, 53.9257)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A1BF #BF7153

analogous

#53BFA7 #53A1BF #536BBF

triadic

#53A1BF #BF53A1 #A1BF53

tetradic

#53A1BF #A753BF #BF7153 #6BBF53

square

#53A1BF #A753BF #BF7153 #6BBF53

split-complementary

#53A1BF #BF536B #BFA753

monochromatic

#295B6E #3A809B #53A1BF #80B9D0 #ACD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#53A1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#53A1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A1BF

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A1BF	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 161, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.089 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbcd2',
    500: '#53a1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a1bf;
$custom-light: #8cbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67118,
    "c": 0.08854,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A1BF

secondary

#CEADA0

accent

#7752D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A1BF

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

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