#53A5BB#53A5BB

#53A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.086 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5BB
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -18.66, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 26.58, 225.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.068 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.086 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9885, 32.3347, 51.8757)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5BB #BB6953

analogous

#53BB9D #53A5BB #5371BB

triadic

#53A5BB #BB53A5 #A5BB53

tetradic

#53A5BB #9D53BB #BB6953 #71BB53

square

#53A5BB #9D53BB #BB6953 #71BB53

split-complementary

#53A5BB #BB5371 #BB9D53

monochromatic

#2A5C6A #3B8296 #53A5BB #7FBCCC #ABD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#53A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5BB

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5BB	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.086 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfcf',
    500: '#53a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5bb;
$custom-light: #8cbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67899,
    "c": 0.08589,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5BB

secondary

#CBA89E

accent

#6F55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5BB

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

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