#53A2BD#53A2BD

#53A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.087 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2BD
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -16.48, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 26.92, 232.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0638 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.087 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6694, 31.3514, 52.8329)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2BD #BD6E53

analogous

#53BDA3 #53A2BD #536DBD

triadic

#53A2BD #BD53A2 #A2BD53

tetradic

#53A2BD #A353BD #BD6E53 #6DBD53

square

#53A2BD #A353BD #BD6E53 #6DBD53

split-complementary

#53A2BD #BD536D #BDA353

monochromatic

#295B6C #3A8098 #53A2BD #7FBACE #ABD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#53A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#53A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2BD

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2BD	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.087 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdd1',
    500: '#53a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2bd;
$custom-light: #8cbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.283,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67271,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2BD

secondary

#CDAB9F

accent

#7454D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2BD

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

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