#53A3BF#53A3BF

#53A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.088 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A3BF
RGB	rgb(83, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -16.41, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 27.33, 233.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0642 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.088 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0648, 31.7926, 54.0431)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A3BF #BF6F53

analogous

#53BFA5 #53A3BF #536DBF

triadic

#53A3BF #BF53A3 #A3BF53

tetradic

#53A3BF #A553BF #BF6F53 #6DBF53

square

#53A3BF #A553BF #BF6F53 #6DBF53

split-complementary

#53A3BF #BF536D #BFA553

monochromatic

#295C6E #3A829B #53A3BF #80BBD0 #ACD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#53A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#53A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A3BF

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A3BF	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.088 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbed2',
    500: '#53a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a3bf;
$custom-light: #8cbed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A3BF

secondary

#CEACA0

accent

#7452D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A3BF

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

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