#53A3BE#53A3BE

#53A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.088 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3BE
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -16.71, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 27.11, 231.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0646 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.088 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9551, 31.7487, 53.4655)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3BE #BE6E53

analogous

#53BEA3 #53A3BE #536DBE

triadic

#53A3BE #BE53A3 #A3BE53

tetradic

#53A3BE #A353BE #BE6E53 #6DBE53

square

#53A3BE #A353BE #BE6E53 #6DBE53

split-complementary

#53A3BE #BE536D #BEA353

monochromatic

#295C6D #3A829A #53A3BE #7FBBCF #ACD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#53A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#53A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3BE

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3BE	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.088 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbed1',
    500: '#53a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3be;
$custom-light: #8cbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.14,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67548,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3BE

secondary

#CDAB9F

accent

#7453D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3BE

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

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