#53A4BC#53A4BC

#53A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.086 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4BC
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -17.83, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 26.71, 228.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0665 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.086 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9163, 32.0184, 52.3816)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4BC #BC6B53

analogous

#53BC9F #53A4BC #536FBC

triadic

#53A4BC #BC53A4 #A4BC53

tetradic

#53A4BC #9F53BC #BC6B53 #6FBC53

square

#53A4BC #9F53BC #BC6B53 #6FBC53

split-complementary

#53A4BC #BC536F #BC9F53

monochromatic

#2A5C6B #3B8297 #53A4BC #7FBBCD #ABD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#53A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#53A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4BC

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4BC	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)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.086 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd0',
    500: '#53a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4bc;
$custom-light: #8cbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.08639,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4BC

secondary

#CCA99F

accent

#7154D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4BC

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

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