#53A4BF#53A4BF

#53A4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.088 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A4BF
RGB	rgb(83, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -16.94, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 27.29, 231.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0653 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.088 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2431, 32.1491, 54.1025)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A4BF #BF6E53

analogous

#53BFA4 #53A4BF #536EBF

triadic

#53A4BF #BF53A4 #A4BF53

tetradic

#53A4BF #A453BF #BF6E53 #6EBF53

square

#53A4BF #A453BF #BF6E53 #6EBF53

split-complementary

#53A4BF #BF536E #BFA453

monochromatic

#295D6E #3A839B #53A4BF #80BCD0 #ACD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#53A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#53A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A4BF

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A4BF	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8495BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.088 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd2',
    500: '#53a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a4bf;
$custom-light: #8cbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67824,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A4BF

secondary

#CEABA0

accent

#7352D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A4BF

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

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