#53A4BE#53A4BE

#53A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.088 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4BE
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -17.24, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 27.09, 230.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0657 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.088 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1334, 32.1052, 53.5249)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4BE #BE6D53

analogous

#53BEA2 #53A4BE #536EBE

triadic

#53A4BE #BE53A4 #A4BE53

tetradic

#53A4BE #A253BE #BE6D53 #6EBE53

square

#53A4BE #A253BE #BE6D53 #6EBE53

split-complementary

#53A4BE #BE536E #BEA253

monochromatic

#295D6D #3A829A #53A4BE #7FBBCF #ACD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#53A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4BE

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4BE	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.088 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd1',
    500: '#53a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4be;
$custom-light: #8cbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.579,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67783,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4BE

secondary

#CDAB9F

accent

#7353D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4BE

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

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