#53A5BC#53A5BC

#53A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.086 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5BC
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -18.36, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 26.74, 226.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0676 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.086 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0960, 32.3777, 52.4415)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5BC #BC6A53

analogous

#53BC9E #53A5BC #5370BC

triadic

#53A5BC #BC53A5 #A5BC53

tetradic

#53A5BC #9E53BC #BC6A53 #70BC53

square

#53A5BC #9E53BC #BC6A53 #70BC53

split-complementary

#53A5BC #BC5370 #BC9E53

monochromatic

#2A5D6B #3B8397 #53A5BC #7FBCCD #ABD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#53A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5BC

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5BC	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.086 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd0',
    500: '#53a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5bc;
$custom-light: #8cbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5BC

secondary

#CCA99F

accent

#7054D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5BC

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

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