#53A3BB#53A3BB

#53A3BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.086 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3BB
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -17.60, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 26.52, 228.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.0657 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.086 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6306, 31.6189, 51.7564)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3BB #BB6B53

analogous

#53BB9F #53A3BB #536FBB

triadic

#53A3BB #BB53A3 #A3BB53

tetradic

#53A3BB #9F53BB #BB6B53 #6FBB53

square

#53A3BB #9F53BB #BB6B53 #6FBB53

split-complementary

#53A3BB #BB536F #BB9F53

monochromatic

#2A5B6A #3B8196 #53A3BB #7FBACC #ABD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#53A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#53A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3BB

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3BB	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.086 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbecf',
    500: '#53a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3bb;
$custom-light: #8cbecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67425,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3BB

secondary

#CBA99E

accent

#7255D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3BB

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

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