#53A3BD#53A3BD

#53A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.087 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3BD
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -17.01, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 26.90, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.065 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.087 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8462, 31.7051, 52.8919)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3BD #BD6D53

analogous

#53BDA2 #53A3BD #536EBD

triadic

#53A3BD #BD53A3 #A3BD53

tetradic

#53A3BD #A253BD #BD6D53 #6EBD53

square

#53A3BD #A253BD #BD6D53 #6EBD53

split-complementary

#53A3BD #BD536E #BDA253

monochromatic

#295C6C #3A8198 #53A3BD #7FBBCE #ABD2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#53A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#53A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3BD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3BD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.087 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbed1',
    500: '#53a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3bd;
$custom-light: #8cbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67507,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3BD

secondary

#CDAA9F

accent

#7354D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3BD

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

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