#53A5BD#53A5BD

#53A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.087 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A5BD
RGB	rgb(83, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, -18.07, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 26.91, 227.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0672 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.087 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2041, 32.4209, 53.0112)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A5BD #BD6B53

analogous

#53BDA0 #53A5BD #5370BD

triadic

#53A5BD #BD53A5 #A5BD53

tetradic

#53A5BD #A053BD #BD6B53 #70BD53

square

#53A5BD #A053BD #BD6B53 #70BD53

split-complementary

#53A5BD #BD5370 #BDA053

monochromatic

#295D6C #3A8398 #53A5BD #7FBCCE #ABD3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#53A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#53A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A5BD

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A5BD	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)

#96A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.087 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfd1',
    500: '#53a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a5bd;
$custom-light: #8cbfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.585,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67979,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A5BD

secondary

#CDA99F

accent

#7154D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A5BD

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

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