#53A2BF#53A2BF

#53A2BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.088 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A2BF
RGB	rgb(83, 162, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -15.88, -22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 27.37, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0631 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.088 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8879, 31.4388, 53.9841)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A2BF #BF7053

analogous

#53BFA6 #53A2BF #536CBF

triadic

#53A2BF #BF53A2 #A2BF53

tetradic

#53A2BF #A653BF #BF7053 #6CBF53

square

#53A2BF #A653BF #BF7053 #6CBF53

split-complementary

#53A2BF #BF536C #BFA653

monochromatic

#295C6E #3A819B #53A2BF #80BAD0 #ACD2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#53A2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#53A2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A2BF

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A2BF	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8293BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 162, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.088 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdd2',
    500: '#53a2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a2bf;
$custom-light: #8cbdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67353,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A2BF

secondary

#CEACA0

accent

#7652D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A2BF

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

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