#53A6BF#53A6BF

#53A6BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.088 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A6BF
RGB	rgb(83, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -18.00, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 27.28, 228.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0675 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.088 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6038, 32.8705, 54.2228)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A6BF #BF6C53

analogous

#53BFA2 #53A6BF #5370BF

triadic

#53A6BF #BF53A6 #A6BF53

tetradic

#53A6BF #A253BF #BF6C53 #70BF53

square

#53A6BF #A253BF #BF6C53 #70BF53

split-complementary

#53A6BF #BF5370 #BFA253

monochromatic

#295E6E #3A859B #53A6BF #80BDD0 #ACD4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#53A6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#53A6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A6BF

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A6BF	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.088 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0d2',
    500: '#53a6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a6bf;
$custom-light: #8cc0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.08831,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A6BF

secondary

#CEAAA0

accent

#7152D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A6BF

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

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