#53A2BA#53A2BA

#53A2BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.085 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2BA
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 186)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -17.37, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 26.32, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.065 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.085 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3471, 31.2225, 51.1356)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2BA #BA6B53

analogous

#53BA9F #53A2BA #536EBA

triadic

#53A2BA #BA53A2 #A2BA53

tetradic

#53A2BA #9F53BA #BA6B53 #6EBA53

square

#53A2BA #9F53BA #BA6B53 #6EBA53

split-complementary

#53A2BA #BA536E #BA9F53

monochromatic

#2A5A69 #3B8094 #53A2BA #7FBACC #AAD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#53A2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#53A2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2BA

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2BA	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.085 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdce',
    500: '#53a2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2ba;
$custom-light: #8cbdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.981,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67149,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2BA

secondary

#CBA89E

accent

#7255D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2BA

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

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