#53A4BD#53A4BD

#53A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.087 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4BD
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -17.54, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 26.90, 229.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0661 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.087 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0245, 32.0616, 52.9513)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4BD #BD6C53

analogous

#53BDA1 #53A4BD #536FBD

triadic

#53A4BD #BD53A4 #A4BD53

tetradic

#53A4BD #A153BD #BD6C53 #6FBD53

square

#53A4BD #A153BD #BD6C53 #6FBD53

split-complementary

#53A4BD #BD536F #BDA153

monochromatic

#295C6C #3A8298 #53A4BD #7FBBCE #ABD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#53A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4BD

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4BD	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.087 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd1',
    500: '#53a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4bd;
$custom-light: #8cbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.151,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67743,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4BD

secondary

#CDAA9F

accent

#7254D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4BD

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

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