#53A2BE#53A2BE

#53A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.088 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2BE
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -16.18, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 27.14, 233.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0635 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.088 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7783, 31.3950, 53.4066)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2BE #BE6F53

analogous

#53BEA4 #53A2BE #536CBE

triadic

#53A2BE #BE53A2 #A2BE53

tetradic

#53A2BE #A453BE #BE6F53 #6CBE53

square

#53A2BE #A453BE #BE6F53 #6CBE53

split-complementary

#53A2BE #BE536C #BEA453

monochromatic

#295C6D #3A819A #53A2BE #7FBACF #ACD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#53A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2BE

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2BE	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.088 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdd1',
    500: '#53a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2be;
$custom-light: #8cbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.701,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67312,
    "c": 0.08772,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2BE

secondary

#CDAB9F

accent

#7553D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2BE

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

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