#53A4BA#53A4BA

#53A4BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.085 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4BA
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 186)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -18.42, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 26.38, 225.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0673 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.085 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7022, 31.9327, 51.2540)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4BA #BA6953

analogous

#53BA9D #53A4BA #5370BA

triadic

#53A4BA #BA53A4 #A4BA53

tetradic

#53A4BA #9D53BA #BA6953 #70BA53

square

#53A4BA #9D53BA #BA6953 #70BA53

split-complementary

#53A4BA #BA5370 #BA9D53

monochromatic

#2A5B69 #3B8194 #53A4BA #7FBBCC #AAD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#53A4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4BA

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4BA	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.085 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfce',
    500: '#53a4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4ba;
$custom-light: #8cbfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.816,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67622,
    "c": 0.08521,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4BA

secondary

#CBA89E

accent

#7055D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4BA

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

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