#53A2B2#53A2B2

#53A2B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.081 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2B2
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -19.70, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 25.20, 218.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0682 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.081 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5203, 30.8918, 46.7814)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2B2 #B26353

analogous

#53B292 #53A2B2 #5372B2

triadic

#53A2B2 #B253A2 #A2B253

tetradic

#53A2B2 #9253B2 #B26353 #72B253

square

#53A2B2 #9253B2 #B26353 #72B253

split-complementary

#53A2B2 #B25372 #B29253

monochromatic

#2B5760 #3E7D8A #53A2B2 #7DB9C5 #A8D0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#53A2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#53A2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2B2

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2B2	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.081 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdc9',
    500: '#53a2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2b2;
$custom-light: #8bbdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.105,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66833,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2B2

secondary

#C5A29B

accent

#6D5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2B2

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

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