#53A2B3#53A2B3

#53A2B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.081 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2B3
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -19.42, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 25.30, 219.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0678 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.081 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6211, 30.9321, 47.3121)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2B3 #B36453

analogous

#53B394 #53A2B3 #5372B3

triadic

#53A2B3 #B353A2 #A2B353

tetradic

#53A2B3 #9453B3 #B36453 #72B353

square

#53A2B3 #9453B3 #B36453 #72B353

split-complementary

#53A2B3 #B35372 #B39453

monochromatic

#2B5761 #3E7E8B #53A2B3 #7DB9C6 #A8D0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#53A2B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#53A2B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2B3

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2B3	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.081 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdc9',
    500: '#53a2b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2b3;
$custom-light: #8bbdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.625,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66872,
    "c": 0.08131,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2B3

secondary

#C6A39C

accent

#6E59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2B3

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

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