#53A4BB#53A4BB

#53A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.086 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4BB
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -18.13, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 26.54, 226.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0669 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.086 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8089, 31.9754, 51.8158)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4BB #BB6A53

analogous

#53BB9E #53A4BB #5370BB

triadic

#53A4BB #BB53A4 #A4BB53

tetradic

#53A4BB #9E53BB #BB6A53 #70BB53

square

#53A4BB #9E53BB #BB6A53 #70BB53

split-complementary

#53A4BB #BB5370 #BB9E53

monochromatic

#2A5C6A #3B8296 #53A4BB #7FBBCC #ABD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#53A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4BB

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4BB	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.086 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfcf',
    500: '#53a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4bb;
$custom-light: #8cbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.269,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67662,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4BB

secondary

#CBA89E

accent

#7155D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4BB

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

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