#53A2BB#53A2BB

#53A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.086 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2BB
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -17.07, -20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 26.51, 229.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0646 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.086 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4538, 31.2652, 51.6975)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2BB #BB6C53

analogous

#53BBA0 #53A2BB #536EBB

triadic

#53A2BB #BB53A2 #A2BB53

tetradic

#53A2BB #A053BB #BB6C53 #6EBB53

square

#53A2BB #A053BB #BB6C53 #6EBB53

split-complementary

#53A2BB #BB536E #BBA053

monochromatic

#2A5A6A #3B8096 #53A2BB #7FBACC #ABD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#53A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#53A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2BB

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2BB	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)

#939EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.086 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdcf',
    500: '#53a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2bb;
$custom-light: #8cbdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.423,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67189,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2BB

secondary

#CBA99E

accent

#7355D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2BB

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

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